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NEWS SUMMARY
Another busy weekend just past in the presidential contest leads directly into another busy week, all of which can be boiled down into a half dozen questions:
1. Will carping Democrats be soothed by the Kerry bio ads? (It's only May, folks.)
2. Will focus group participants in 17 states in the next three weeks be able to recite back the themes from these new ads with as much total recall as they have had on the Bush anti-Kerry spots for weeks?
3. How loud will the BC04 scoffing be at the notion that the Kerry campaign is "wasting" money going on TV in Colorado and Louisiana?
4. Will some television producer somewhere agree with the (White House) view that Joe Wilson maybe doesn't deserve all this time?
5. Just how over-the-top boffo will the pix from the presidential bus trip to Michigan and Ohio be over the next two days?
6. Will the calendar turn from April to May make the situation in Iraq somehow magically better?
President Bush kicks off his two-day bus tour in Michigan today, focusing on the economy and improving the nation's communities. First Lady Laura Bush introduces the President at each of his events today.
Tomorrow, President Bush tours Ohio before returning to Washington for a Wednesday meeting with the Prime Minister of Singapore and a Republican National Committee gala. Bush meets with the King of Jordan before finishing the week with another bus trip to Iowa and Wisconsin.
The Democratic National Committee responds with its own caravan -- the "Mission Not Accomplished" tour, which will focus on the economy and homeland security. Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley, the chairman of the U.S. Conference of Mayors' Homeland Security Task Force, will host a conference call this morning to discuss it.
Sen. John Kerry speaks before the Anti-Defamation League in Washington today before flying to Minnesota this afternoon for a fundraiser -- while his campaign announces two 60-second bio TV spots backed by millions of dollars, in what might be the largest single purchase of one-minute political spots ever in the history of American politics.
Tomorrow Kerry campaigns in New Mexico before flying to California, where he will campaign through Thursday. On Friday, Kerry speaks before the Democratic Leadership Council in Arizona, then flies to Louisiana in the afternoon.
Vice President Cheney speaks to Wal-Mart employees in Arkansas today.
Rep. Kucinich is in Kentucky today.
The Senate debates the corporate tax cut bill today.
ABC News Vote 2004: Sen. John Kerry, the new ads:
Per ABC News' Dan Harris, there will be two 60-second biographical spots that tell the story of John Kerry's life of "strength and service."
The buy will include cable (CNN, FNC, and MSNBC) and 19 or 20 states -- including Colorado and Louisiana. Bush won those states last time, but communications director Stephanie Cutter says they think they have a real chance of winning there. The ad buy is $27 million over roughly three weeks and includes the remaining buy for an ad already-running spot called "Commitment."
Here's Cutter's push-back against the argument made by some angsting Dems about whether these ads may be coming too late:
Bush has spent "60 million dollars to tear us down." He laid out a "specific strategy -- that in 90 days he would tear us down. Well, we're still standing. I don't care what Democrats are saying in Washington. This happens every four years."
Cutter also called Bush's ad blitz a "miserable failure." More: "We're not going to follow someone else's timeline." She endorsed what Ryan Lizza in last week's TNR called the "Rope a Dope" strategy -- waiting for Bush to tire himself out with his own punches. "He's wasted 60 million dollars and used all of his arguments -- and we're still up in the polls."
The New York Times' Halbfinger and Rutenberg preview the spots. LINK
The Los Angeles Times' Anderson Notes "President Clinton carried Louisiana and narrowly lost Colorado in 1996." LINK
The AP's Liz Sidoti has her expert take too. LINK
ABC News Vote 2004: Bush-Cheney re-elect:
President Bush hits the road today for a Midwest bus tour, the first big BC04 campaign trip this year.
Thus far, campaign activity from the President and Vice President has been limited to the months of BC04 fundraisers, beginning last summer, and visits to battleground states that often include "conversations" with the President or a speech from the Vice President at a congressional campaign event.
A March 20 rally in Orlando kicked off the re-election campaign with a speech by the President.
President Bush will be back on the campaign trail again on Friday with a trip to Iowa and Wisconsin.
The President's Midwest bus tour begins in Niles, Mich., at a town hall meeting style event billed as "Ask President Bush," and ends at a rally in Sterling, Mich. On Tuesday, the President will make four stops in Ohio before returning to Washington D.C.
President Bush follows close on the heels of presumptive Democratic nominee Sen. John Kerry, who did his own bus tour last week, traveling to West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Michigan in three days on the road.
President Bush won Ohio in 2000 50 percent to 46 percent, but lost Michigan to Al Gore 51 percent to 46 percent. Both states are critical this election year for the BC04 and Kerry campaigns, especially Ohio, deemed the new Florida for the 2004 election.
USA Today's Judy Keen curtain raises Bush's two-day bus trip to Ohio and Michigan, two states with "ailing" economies. "Since Bush took office, Ohio has lost 225,700 jobs. Michigan has lost more than 300,000 jobs, more than any other state. That's a big chunk of the 2.2 million jobs lost nationally during Bush's tenure." LINK
AP's Scott Lindlaw looks at the significance of the campaign bus tour, "a staple of political campaigns, but they usually come late in the game." LINK
The Kalamazoo Gazette reported Sunday that "anti-war protesters" will greet the President "along Interstate 94" with "a large sign with life-sized silhouettes of casualties of the war in Iraq." LINK
As we said, President Bush starts his day off in Niles, Mich., situated in Berrien County, which then-Gov. Bush won comfortably over Vice President Gore in 2000. As the President's bus rolls across the Southern portion of the Wolverine State he will make stops in two closely contested counties (Kalamazoo and Macomb) where Gore edged out Bush the last time around.
Berrien County:
Bush 54.7%
Gore 43.2%
Kalamazoo County:
Gore 48.5%
Bush 47.9%
Macomb County:
Gore 50.0%
Bush 47.5%
Ken Mehlman has those numbers memorized; do you?
ABC News Vote 2004: Sen. John Kerry:
So THAT is what they were talking about Friday for an hour on the plane!
Page One-ing with a Columbia, Mo., byline (Go Tigers!) Sen. Kerry, who is "crafting an economic platform aimed at persuading skeptical corporate executives that he's a business-friendly moderate," tells the Wall Street Journal's Harwood and Schlesinger that Warren Buffet and Steve Jobs will be among his advisers and says Robert Rubin would be a good successor to Alan Greenspan as Fed chair. Look for liberals' complaints at the piece's bottom.
In the Wall Street Journal's extended excerpts from the Seib-Harwood-Schlesinger session, Kerry works to clarify his Benedict Arnold rhetoric from the primaries, talks about starting his own small business, and says increasing "progressivity" isn't the same as means testing. Gotta read that on the Web, because it didn't make the hard copy. LINK
Andrew Miga's sidebar on Cam Kerry begins with the familiar RFK/JFK comparison but says that unlike the pair of 40 years ago, this younger brother eschews the spotlight. LINK
Check out this blind quote, bound to be debated in some circles: " 'Cam is a straight-shooter for Kerry,' said one source close to Kerry, noting the senator's penchant for soliciting advice from a wide circle of friends and associates. `Cam has no agenda other than what's best for John Kerry. He's pretty unflappable.'
Question: Why did Sen. Kerry decide to return to Washington Sunday? Glen Johnson's colorful write-up poses the question but offers, without the Senator's guidance, no answer. LINK
By Bob Novak's read, Sen. Kerry's meeting with Cardinal McCarrick has already born fruit and Deal Hudson is not happy about it. LINK
Donald Lambro of the Washington Times stacks up recent poll numbers to look at Kerry's likeability factor. LINK
From ABC News' Kerry campaign reporter Ed O'Keefe:
WASHINGTON, D.C., May 2 -- Before Sen. John Kerry even set foot in West Virginia last week, the Bush-Cheney campaign had already made some tracks.
The Massachusetts Senator kicked off a "Jobs First Express" bus tour in the battleground Mountain State, capturing a glowing headline and front-page picture in Wheeling's Intelligencer.
But the bottom half of the local newspaper showcased a different scene: Bush-Cheney supporters holding signs assaulting the Senator over everything from Vietnam to SUV ownership, all next to a young Republican dressed in a mocking "Flipper" costume.
Four pages later, an editorial ripped Kerry for a series of allegedly anti-coal votes, matching with striking similarity a national column making much the same argument from Bob Novak on the next page.
In each subsequent bus tour state, the scene played out in much the same way: while the presumptive Democratic nominee received extremely positive local publicity for each visit, the target was softened by the Republican machine with a combination of increased BC04 ad presence, critical editorials, radio appearances (often featuring local as opposed to national Republicans), national conference calls, and, of course, a small, but effective band of protestors outside almost every stop.
Kerry's three-day, four-state campaign trip should be considered a local success, but the lack of an effective, coordinated ground-level counterattack may also allow some of those blunt GOP labels to stick.
His relationship with the traveling national press corps also seems to have soured as of late.
In the past week, the Kerry campaign failed to alert nearly 40 press corps members to a shoulder surgery check-up, a motorcycle ride, a meeting with former Vice President Al Gore, and a trip to Walter Reed Medical Center on the one-year anniversary of the declared end to "major combat" in Iraq.
In Washington on Saturday for a private function, Kerry was scheduled to travel to Boston on Sunday, despite the fact that his first event on Monday is in Washington.
On Sunday, Kerry decided en route from Washington to Boston that he needed to return to Washington that evening rather than the next day. When asked why he went to Boston at all, Kerry replied, "I've just got a bunch of stuff I've got to do -- just never get home."
Pressed for more detail, Kerry said, "There are some decisions that are more important than being on the road."
In addition, the Senator, who promises to hold a news conference a month if elected President, has not held a media availability in almost three weeks.
The circumstance left national reporters with only major revelation directly from Kerry this week: the Senator prefers Southwick Suits from Lawrence, Mass., and wears mostly tailor-made 15 ½ x 36 shirts. The bold pattern ties hail from Nantucket Neckties.
ABC News Vote 2004: the battlegrounds:
The St. Pete Times' Adam Smith has a must-read on the Hispanic vote, concluding that both parties are making serious efforts at the 30 percent of that demographic group's votes who are undecided. LINK
The Cincinnati Enquirer begins a three-day series on Catholics in the state and ponders the consequences of a severe shortage of priests. LINK
The Cleveland Plain Dealer found the Bush house parties hoppin' on Friday. LINK
ABC News Vote 2004: Bush vs. Kerry:
The New York Times' Kirk Johnson writes that Vietnam has "charged back into the American consciousness, as the fighting in Iraq has continued and election-year questions have been raised about how President Bush and Senator John Kerry handled the challenges of the Vietnam era as young men." LINK
Through the prism of New Mexico, the Los Angeles Times'Finnegan contrasts Bush's vigorous effort to court Latino voters with Kerry's "slow start," continuing Kerry's bout of bad press on the Latino outreach issue. Gov. Bill Richardson: "The danger is President Bush does have personal popularity with Latino voters." Do see the Governor's question at the end. LINK
The Washington Post's Farhi looks at: "the rise of the small donor," a phenomenon he attributes to "partisanship, technology and changes in campaign-finance laws." LINK
Veepstakes:
Ron Brownstein of the Los Angeles Times writes that "the more Americans focus on Iraq, the more they seem to weigh credibility as commander in chief when choosing between the candidates," and argues Kerry could burnish his foreign-policy credentials by picking Bob Kerrey or Wes Clark. LINK
Newsweek's Howard Fineman and Trent Gegax report that Kerry is also vetting Gen. Wesley Clark, but that the campaign faces a "more urgent task . . . developing a coherent message." LINK
The New York Daily News' Meeks on Gen. Clark's allegedly rising veepstakes veep stock. LINK
The Kansas City Star's Kraske takes a look at the Gephardt-as-running-mate scenario, and writes, "Kerry is most comfortable with Gephardt and wants to pick him, insiders say." LINK
Politics of national security:
Following up on the Los Angeles Times profile a spell ago, the New York Times' Rosenbaum reports on the Administration's sidelining of Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Sen. Dick Lugar, Noting "he has not spoken at any length to the president in nearly eight months," and quoting fellow Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel as saying the Administration treats "Congress as an appendage, a constitutional nuisance." LINK
Bill Safire writes of the situation in Iraq that a "certain grim logic suggests a turn for the better may be coming this summer." LINK
We bet Bill Safire won't appreciate this: U.S. ally Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Abdullah Saturday "blamed outside influences, specifically Israel, for the terrorism plaguing" his nation, reports the New York Times, saying "'Zionists' hands are behind what is going now...the devil made them daring and they are supports of the devil and colonialism.'" LINK
The Washington Post's Glenn Kessler looks at what the Likud party's rejection of the Sharon plan to withdraw from Gaza, which the Bush Administration supported, means to the President's stance and stature in Middle East diplomacy. LINK
From the AP: Ambassador Bremer backtracks on 2001 criticism of his current boss: LINK
Politics of the 9/11 Commission:
The New York Post's Orin quotes Time's report saying that "in testifying to the 9/11 commission, President Bush contradicted former President Bill Clinton's claim that he'd warned Bush that Osama bin Laden would be his No. 1 problem when he took office." LINK
The Wall Street Journal's ed board implores the 9/11 Commissioners to stop protecting Jamie Gorelick "at the cost of their own credibility."
The economy:
ABC News' Ramona Schindelheim reports that the economy added a surprising 308,000 jobs in March and economists are forecasting more moderate gains this time around, about 175,000. LINK
"There's a good chance the March numbers will be revised downward. One hundred seventy-five thousand is headed in the right direction, but it is a drop in the bucket considering the economy has lost 1.9 million jobs since March 2001. All the speculation will be over on Friday when the Labor Department releases the data."
Tuesday is the other big day for clues to where the economy is headed, Schindelheim Notes, as the Federal Open Market Committee meets to decide whether the economy has improved enough to raise interest rates without hurting the recovery.
The Wall Street Journal reports traders and investors "are growing concerned about how well prepared Wall Street and other parts of the financial system" are to handle a rates hike as "the era of soothingly low rates looks close to over."
The morning shows:
All three network morning shows lead with the escape of American hostage Thomas Hamill from Iraq. Hamill's wife appeared on "Good Morning America" to tell her story. ABC News' Robin Roberts reported that Sen. Kerry will be releasing two new ads today, also Noting that billionaire businessman Warren Buffett -- he of Schwarzenegger adviser fame -- has agreed to join the Senator's economic team. CNBC's Maria Bartiromo profiled Buffet on NBC's "Today Show." When asked about milk prices, Buffet said he was worried especially about inflation on commodities. Buffet proclaimed his support for Kerry, Noting he advisory role to the campaign, and that he is opposed to the Bush tax cut policy.
Kerry deputy campaign manager Steve Elmendorf appeared on Fox and Friends to chat about Kerry's ad campaign, his week ahead and his Sunday spill on a Boston bike path. Elmendorf dismissed criticism that Kerry's campaign was not delivering a coherent message. "The chattering class here in Washington will have criticisms here and there, but we had a great talking about jobs in Ohio& That's where this election will be won. Not in the Village Voice."
When challenged for specifics about how Kerry's energy plan would replace American use of Mideast oil, the still-smiling Elmendorf said he "wasn't an energy expert" and that he "wasn't invited here this morning to talk about energy."
CNN's political analyst Jeff Greenfield called in to "Imus in the Morning" and agreed with Elmendorf's assessment of the Kerry campaign, saying that Kerry "has stylistic and substantive problems. But the idea that you see a poll where he's running even with the President and call him doomed is ludicrous."
Ambassador Joe Wilson appeared on NBC's Today Show to preview his new book, "The Politics of Truth."
Nader:
The Washington Post's Jackson Diehl writes about how Nader's anti-war stance might affect Kerry. Diehl Notes that Nader's call for a U.S. troop withdrawal could entice anti-war voters away from Kerry in November. LINK
"Kerry's aides say he's still committed to keeping American troops in Iraq until democratic elections are held. If that's his position in November, Nader will indeed offer antiwar Americans a real choice. They may well vote for him, registering their protest in large enough numbers to reelect the president who led the country into Iraq in the first place."
ABC News Vote 2004: the Senate:
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that Democrats may have gained confidence in last week's divisive Republican primary but organized labor is still in Specter's court. LINK
The Philadelphia Inquirer reasons that Rep. Pat Toomey's (R-Pa.) "impressive" loss may be the ticket to a gubernatorial run 2006 or an appointment from President Bush if he is elected. LINK
Republican National Convention:
The New York Daily News' Gaskell reports New York "is paving every road in Midtown in time for the presidential convention" this summer. LINK
Politics:
Tuesday's Indiana primary pits President Bush's former budget director, Mitch Daniels, against Eric Miller, a lawyer active with conservative Christians. The winner will face Democratic Gov. Joe Kernan, who replaced Gov. Frank O'Bannon when he died of a stroke part way into a second term, the AP's Robert Tanner reports. LINK
The Chicago Tribune on George H.W. Bush's " largely apolitical, often irreverent speech" Saturday to Valparaiso alums, Monica Lewinsky joke and all. LINK
Though he currently lives in New York, comedian Al Franken is considering a run for Senate in Minnesota against Norm Coleman, whom he calls a "shill" for the Bush Administration, in 2008. Franken grew up in the suburbs of Minneapolis. LINK
Making votes count:
California bans e-voting in four counties as a result of security and reliability concerns, reports the Associated Press. LINK
The Kansas City Star reports on the "snail's pace" of the military's mail system in Iraq and how it could effect a close election this fall. LINK
Weekend must-reads:
Adam Nagourney of the New York Times delivered one of the mustest must-reads of the weekend with his Sunday look at John Kerry's search for a message with some Democratic hand wringing over the state of his campaign thus far. And although today's bio spot may be enough to quell future Ed Rendell quotes, the lack of organizations in battleground states and a penchant for talking complexly about complex things are still serious liabilities. LINK
Karen Tumulty in Time did her own version of the same, with a greater focus on the Senator's capacity to say just about anything about everything. LINK
David Sanger of the New York Times explored how the possibility of a terrorist attack is figuring into electoral strategy. LINK
"It has quietly become part of the election-year landscape, put alongside strategists' calculations about how the unemployment rate, or the Dow, or Iraq might affect a close election."
"It has also led to a kind of macabre game theory, in which security experts and political operatives -- two classes of people who typically do not interact much in Washington -- are calculating what the political fallout of an attack might be. The answers depend on what kind of attack, and when it happens. But if thinking about the less-than-unthinkable was an undercurrent before the Madrid bombings, it has become a subject of intense strategizing ever since."
Sanger and Stevenson of the New York Times took a look at the Administration's "course corrections" en route to the June 30 transfer of sovereignty in Iraq. LINK
Ron Brownstein of the Los Angeles Times wrote Sunday on the outside influences that will influence the outcome of the November election, such as the state of the economy, terrorism, and the Iraq war next fall. He took a good look at precedents set by past presidential incumbents six months out and how this President differs. LINK
The New York Times' Jim Rutenberg took a look at how the national security-themed ads from both camps are playing in the national security-dominated newscasts in which they run. LINK
Mark Jurkowitz of the Boston Globe took a look Sunday at the campaign ad buys in battleground states and their impact on those vital swing voters. Jurkowitz reported "a new survey from the Vanishing Voter Project at Harvard's Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy revealing that 42 percent of the respondents are paying a 'great deal' or 'quite a bit' of attention to the 2004 campaign compared with only 15 percent at this point in 2000. LINK
The New York Post's Deb Orin curtain-raised the President's bus and plane trip through Michigan and Ohio. LINK
For anyone interested in the Kerry running mate search, Glen Johnson delivered the mustest of must-reads in Sunday's Boston Globe. LINK
The story was complete with a list of those who will be most intimately involved with the final veep selection (such as Teresa Heinz Kerry, brother Cameron Kerry, Senate Chief of Staff David McKean, Mary Beth Cahill and Bob Shrum), a list of all those former Edwards staffers jumping on the Kerry express, and blind quotes such as "He's never in his life made an important decision before the 11th hour and 59th minute. Maybe people have convinced him that he should do that early, but there may be other people who have convinced him he needs a convention bump."
The Washington Post's Romano took her shot at a veepstakes write-up, highlighting the secrecy around the process and pros and cons on Sen. Edwards, Gov. Vilsack and Rep. Gephardt. LINK
The Washington Post's Balz and Morin shared results from two focus groups the paper performed outside St. Louis, Mo. One group was optimistic on the economy and the other was pessimistic, and results show that things aren't looking so hot for neither Bush nor Kerry. LINK
Jim VandeHei wrote in Saturday's Washington Post on how lack of a clear Iraq policy continues to be a major obstacle for Sen. Kerry. LINK
Will the image of Dick Cheney as puppeteer pulling all the strings at the Bush White House ever go away? So wondered Elisabeth Bumiller of the New York Times, and Dan Bartlett says he is only too happy to maintain low expectations. LINK
Kit Seelye of the New York Times walked her readers through each of Vice President Cheney's five draft deferments during the Vietnam conflict. Seelye Noted that Cheney didn't receive much scrutiny about his deferments during his Senate confirmation hearings in 1989 due to the desire of both Democrats and Republicans for a smooth confirmation after the controversy that surrounded President George H.W. Bush's first pick for the Pentagon job, John Tower. A dashing Cheney photo accompanies the story LINK
On Sunday, the Los Angeles Times' La Ganga focused on the Catholic vote (or lack thereof) and how Sen. Kerry is unlikely to garner the same 80 percent Sen. Kennedy did in 1960. Further, Catholic voters La Ganga spoke to indicated a similar lack-of-knowing-who-Kerry-is problem as other voters when they responded that they didn't even know he was Catholic. LINK
The political battle over gay marriage in Massachusetts is heating up as Boston Mayor Thomas Menino is threatening to ignore Gov. Mitt Romney's directives requiring state officials to check for proof of residency as couples apply for marriage licenses, the Boston Globe reported Sunday. LINK
The New York Post excerpted Dick Morris' rebuttal book to Sen. Clinton's successful memoir. In "Rewriting History," Morris uses the moon as a metaphor for the different sides and shades of the image Clinton portrays. Yes, Morris includes the possibility of Sen. Clinton joining John Kerry's ticket this year. LINK
Time magazine reports President Bush and President Clinton's recollections of their transition meeting don't quite jibe. LINK
Tom DeFrank of the New York Daily News reminded his Sunday readers not to forget to pay attention to the close race for control of the Senate. LINK
Sheryl Gay Stolberg of the New York Times also used her Sunday space to look at the Democratic battle for Senate control, but did so through the eyes of DSCC Chair Jon Corzine. LINK
The New York Times' Pear reported some drug discount card providers claim the new Medicare Web site has incorrect information about their drug prices. LINK
The New York Times looked at California Secretary of State Kevin Shelley's decision to ban some 14,000 touch screen voting machines from being used in the Golden State and his attempt to take on the manufacturer. LINK
Michael Slackman of the New York Times explored how companies are avoiding McCain/Feingold pitfalls by having big donors contribute to charities at events during the conventions. Be sure to Note Sen. Lincoln and seven of her colleagues claim not to have given consent to the use of their names on a charity event brochure. LINK
Labor Day will come a few days early in New York this year. According to the New York Daily News' Dave Saltonstall the city's largest union coalition is planning a Sept. 1 rally to express opposition to President Bush's labor policies. LINK
The New York Times' Jennifer 8. Lee exposed the "Washington read." (It is we who are grateful, Walter.) LINK
TODAY'S SCHEDULE (all times ET):
—8:15 am: Secretary of State Colin Powell addresses the Council of the Americas, Washington, D.C.
—9:45 am: U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick addresses the Council of the Americas, Washington, D.C.
—10:00 am: The U.S. Supreme Court meets to hand down decisions and release orders
—10:00 am: The ISM Manufacturing Report for April is released
—10:00 am: The construction spending report for March is released
—10:30 am: Sen. Pat Roberts participates in the Landon Lecture series at Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kan.
—11:00 am: The National Governors Association releases its biannual Fiscal Survey of the States at a news conference, Washington, D.C.
—11:00 am: HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson announces the Medicare Approved drug card enrollment kickoff, Washington, D.C.
—11:00 am: Leaders of organizations representing Latino and Caribbean immigrants hold a news conference after their White House meeting to call on the Bush Administration to reform immigration laws, Washington, D.C.
—11:30 am: Treasury Secretary John Snow addresses the Council of the Americas, Washington, D.C.
—11:30 am: Secretary of Education Rod Paige kicks off National Charter Schools Week, Washington, D.C.
—12:15 pm: Sen. John Kerry speaks at the Anti-Defamation League's National Leadership Conference, Washington, D.C.
—12:30 pm: Vice President Cheney speaks to the employees of the Wal-Mart Distribution Center, Bentonville, Ark.
—1:00 pm: The Senate meets for business
—1:00 pm: Politics Live on ABC News Live and AOL
—1:30 pm: President Bush takes questions from students at Niles Senior High School, Niles, Mich.
—2:00 pm: The Senate resumes debate on the FSC-ETI bill
—3:00 pm: Sen. Norm Coleman speaks before the Future of Music Policy Summit, Washington, D.C.
—3:00 pm: Rep. Dennis Kucinich speaks to the Nelson County Women's Democrat Club, Bardstown, Ky.
—4:00 pm: Rep. Kucinich meets with supporters, Bardstown, Ky.
—4:00 pm: The Energy Department releases its weekly gasoline price report
—4:10 pm: President Bush speaks at a campaign rally, Kalamazoo, Mich.
—5:00 pm: The Council of the Americas honors Sen. Bob Graham and Rep. David Dreier, Washington, D.C.
—5:30 pm: Rep. Kucinich meets with supporters, Louisville, Ky.
—6:30 pm: Rep. Kucinich attends a dinner presentation, Louisville, Ky.
—7:30 pm: Rep. Kucinich attends a campaign event, Louisville, Ky.
—8:15 pm: Sen. Kerry attends a fundraising reception, Minneapolis, Minn.
—8:35 pm: President Bush speaks at a campaign rally, Sterling Heights, Mich.
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