Campaign Snapshot
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* Trying to depict his opponent as lacking the credentials to be commander in chief, President Bush said his opponent, Senator Kerry, was guilty of “a fundamental misunderstanding of the war we face, and that is very dangerous thinking,” as he campaigned yesterday in Mason City, Iowa.
* Mr. Kerry, campaigning in Waterloo, Iowa, 60 miles from the president, said Mr. Bush failed to grasp what America faces in Iraq, where more than 1,100 U.S. soldiers have been killed. “If President Bush cannot recognize the problems in Iraq, he will not fix them. I do recognize them and I will fix them,” he said yesterday.
* Teresa Heinz Kerry, in an interview published by USA Today, said she didn’t know if the first lady, Laura Bush, had ever had “a real job.” She later apologized for having forgotten about the first lady’s 10-year stint as a schoolteacher and librarian.
WHERE THEY ARE TODAY
* Mr. Kerry will be in Poland, Ohio; Columbus, Ohio, and Minneapolis today; he is planning to spend the night in Milwaukee.
* President Bush will spend today campaigning in Downingtown and Hershey in Pennsylvania and will spend the night in Washington, D.C.
* Senator Edwards will campaign in Muscatine and Iowa City in Iowa; he will overnight in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
* Vice President Cheney will be in Sylvania, Ohio, and Ashwaubenon, Wis.
POLLS
* Messrs. Bush and Kerry were tied at 47% each among likely voters in a poll by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press. Independent Ralph Nader got the backing of 1%.