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...WP's Mike Allen scores the round for Gore: "After five months in firm command of the presidential race, Texas Gov. George W. Bush suddenly finds himself on the defensive, behind in polls and struggling to fend off attacks on his policies." Boing...
...Frank Bruni leads section and paper with Bush defending his tax cut as "both responsible and easily affordable in light of federal surplus projections... I've got to do a better job of making it clear." Times does its best to help. WP's Connolly finds Gore at the local swing-state VFW, "telling several thousand veterans that unlike George W. Bush, his commitment to the military began long before the 2000 presidential campaign." Then he went to a union meeting...
...WP's Mike Allen/Roberto Suro hears Bush issue "a strong indictment today of the Clinton administration's military policy, warning of its 'long neglect' of soldiers and 'a military in decline' - an assessment that drew an unusually swift and pointed response from the secretary of defense." This is one touchy bunch of lame ducks...
...WP's E. J. Dionne blazes no new ground either, declaring this election really about choices on the issues, and thus important. Really...
...Notable: NYT's Adam Clymer polls eight different polls for a sampler of the bouncing Gore. Results may vary... WP's Ceci Connolly does the boat trip, giving us an image that could someday be the "I am not a crook" ironic memory of this campaign. "As the raindrops began to fall, he issued a challenge: 'If you don't want to hear specifics, now is your time to leave. Do you want to hear some specifics?'" Cut to helicopter, taking off without veep... USAT's AP finds Nader trying to dodge Gore triangulation: "'He's trying to make...