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ELECTION 2004: THE CANDIDATES

Related research

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· Kerry Offers Chance of a Transatlantic Thaw

· Bush and Kerry: Questions About Governing Styles

· Bush v. Kerry: The Long Battle Begins

· Election 2004

Where Do They Stand?
Sarah Binder, Thomas Mann, and Alan Murphy examine where the major party candidates fit on a left-right ideological spectrum. Their analysis concludes that, compared to senators of both parties, the Democrats' nominees are not extreme liberals, as has been asserted, but that Vice President Dick Cheney was the most "outside the mainstream."

CAMPAIGN FINANCING

Party Fundraising Success Continues Through Mid-Year

Paper by Anthony Corrado; Brookings Institution (8/2/04)

Related Material:
· BCRA Has Not Been a Democratic 'Suicide Bill'
· Election 2004

WAR ON TERRORISM

Manipulating US Elections is Not an Al-Qaeda Goal

Opinion by Shibley Telhami; The Daily Star (7/26/04)

POLICY BRIEFS

Recent Brookings Policy Briefs

Offshoring, Import Competition, and the Jobless Recovery
by Charles L. Schultze; Brookings Policy Brief (July 2004)

Law of the Sea Convention: Should the U.S. Join?
by David B. Sandalow; Brookings Policy Brief (July 2004)

9/11 COMMISSION

Bush Administration's Response to 9-11 Panel Report

Interview with Michael O'Hanlon; NPR's Day to Day (7/22/04)

Bipartisan Commissions: History and Results
Interview with Paul C. Light; NPR's Talk of the Nation (7/22/04)

SENATE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE REPORT

Uncertainty and WMD

Opinion by Michael Levi; The Washington Post (7/25/04)

Related Material:
· Technical Difficulties: The CIA, Iraq, and the Bomb
· Can The C.I.A. Really Be That Bad?
· Force Spies to Work Together

SECURING AND REBUILDING IRAQ

Is Iraq "Calming Down"?

Interview with Michael O'Hanlon; NPR's Morning Edition (7/20/04)

Related research:
· Insecuring Iraq
· Iraq Index

BOOK REVIEW

'Reagan and Gorbachev': Shutting the Cold War Down

Article by Strobe Talbott; The New York Times (8/1/04)

THE FEDERAL GOVERMENT

Fact Sheet on the Continued Thickening of Government

Paper by Paul C. Light (July 2004)

EXECUTIVE EDUCATION PROGRAMS

Upcoming Programs

Executive Leadership in a Changing Environment
A five-day residential program held in Charlottesville, Virginia for the Senior Executive Service.

(Sept. 13 - 17, 2004 and Oct. 4 - 8, 2004 )

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Views and Analysis from Brookings Scholars

· Financing Homeland Security
· Improving the Saver's Credit
· Al-Qaida on Course
· Nuclear Bunker Buster Bombs

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