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The Mini Note
Politics and Remembrance

By Lisa Todorovich, Nicholas Schifrin, Teddy Davis, and Jan Simmonds
ABCNEWS.com

W A S H I N G T O N, May 31, 2004—
NOTED NOW

TODAY SCHEDULE (all times ET)

FUTURES CALENDAR

NEWS SUMMARY

President Bush lays a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns today before speaking at Arlington National Cemetery. Sen. Kerry is in Portsmouth, Va., to walk in the annual Memorial Day and remembrance parade.

Tomorrow President Bush speaks at the first White House National Conference on faith-based initiatives before flying to Denver for a Republican National Committee fundraiser. Sen. Kerry speaks about terrorism and weapons of mass destruction at the port of Palm Beach, Fla. Vice President Cheney, meanwhile, speaks about the war on terror and criticizes Sen. Kerry's stance on the Patriot Act in a speech in Kansas City. The weekly gas prices report is also released.

On Wednesday President Bush gives the second of his weekly major speeches on the Iraq transition during the Air Force Academy commencement. Sen. Kerry holds a conversation with public health officials and first responders in Tampa, Fla., as part of his 11-day focus on national security.

On Thursday President Bush meets with the Austrian Prime Minister at the White House while Sen. Kerry travels to Independence, Mo. to speak about his plan to refocus the military on counter-terrorism.

On Friday President Bush heads to Rome to begin his weekend in Europe. He meets first with Italian leaders and the Pope, then flies to France for meetings and the Sunday celebration of the 60th anniversary of D-Day in Normandy. Sen. Kerry meanwhile launches "Veterans for Kerry" during a speech in Minneapolis on Friday and then completes his national security focus on Sunday with a speech about "service and strength" during the Bedford High School Commencement in Toledo, Ohio. The monthly jobs report is released on Friday.

The must-reads:

If you read only one story about the presidential race today, check out the front page of the Washington Post, where Dana Milbank and Jim VandeHei take a hard look at the negative attacks between the Bush and Kerry campaigns and conclude that "Bush has outdone Kerry in the number of untruths." LINK

Note particularly the quote by former Dole campaign manager Scott Reed: "'The Bush campaign is faced with the hard, true fact that they have to keep their boot on his neck and define him on their terms,' Reed said. That might risk alienating some moderate voters or depressing turnout, 'but they don't have a choice,' he said."

It's not as though the unprecedented negativity of this campaign has gone unnoticed by anyone, or that no one knows that when challenged on specific charges against Kerry that the good folks at BC04 often refuse to answer outright. And it's not that the Kerry camp hasn't picked and chosen its own distortions to promote. But this is a far cry from the "pox on both their houses"stories that define most political journalism, including last week's Rutenberg missive in the New York Times that expressed shock, shock, that negativity was going on but resisted drawing any judgments. LINK

The New York Times' Carl Hulse reports on the agitation among members of Congress -- and not just Democrats -- for more aggressive oversight of the Bush Administration's handling of Iraq, from allegations of prisoner abuse to the way the Administration is spending money earmarked for the war on terror. LINK

Bob Novak writes that the U.S. is lost in Afghanistan, with frustration over the hunt for Osama bin Laden, the Afghan political leadership, and the limited resources pervasive among both military leaders and rank and file. LINK

The Los Angeles Times' Ron Brownstein cautions both the media and those in politics not to let Iraq and terrorism overshadow domestic issues such as health care -- consistently cited by voters as one of the key issues they care about. LINK

In the sort of story that gets written every year (not to mention last week) about every incumbent president, the AP's Scott Lindlaw reports that President Bush often bills his travel to taxpayers by declaring the trip "official" rather than "political" travel. Lindlaw gets almost Milbankian in Noting the tally of the information the White House does not provide about such trips. LINK

Veteran's advocacy group Rolling Thunder has endorsed Bush over Kerry. Bush greeted the leadership of Rolling Thunder at the White House on Sunday, following that with a call to a large Rolling Thunder rally. Through a spokesman, the Kerry camp charged that Bush's proposed budget would hurt veterans. LINK

The Democratic National Committee is releasing an Internet ad today, continuing to beat the drum (literally) on the proposed cuts, among them to services for veterans, outlined in a Bush Administration memo.

David Lightman of the Hartford Courant looks at how high gas prices fuel the perception that the economy isn't doing as well as it could be, remind voters of a promised but undelivered benefit of the Iraq war, and look like another thing affecting Americans that the President cannot control. LINK

Per the AP, Bush leads Kerry in the key state of Ohio in a three-way matchup that includes Nader, according to a Mason-Dixon Poll for the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Bush scored 47 percent among survey respondents to Kerry's 41 percent and Nader's 3 percent. Ohio voters called the economy their top issue, and about half said they disapproved of the way Bush is handling it. LINK

Mark Naymik of the Cleveland Plain Dealer wrote up the poll yesterday. LINK

Bill Salisbury of the St. Paul Pioneer Press reports on another Mason-Dixon poll, which shows Kerry with 44 percent in Minnesota to Bush's 41 percent -- within the survey's 4-point margin of error. LINK

Sure the conventions are predictable and everyone knows in advance what the "news" will be, but so what, argues the Washington Post's Howard Kurtz. The media cover scheduled news events all the time, and Howie quotes Vanity Fair columnist Michael Wolff who sagely Notes that covering a convention is principally "a shared identity event" for political reporters which has "nothing to do with news and everything to do with who you want to be." LINK

The New York Times' Leslie Wayne profiles billionaire George Soros, who has gone from playing no prior role in partisan politics to giving $15.8 million to anti-Bush groups. LINK

The New Voters Project launches its XStreet voter registration drive on Tuesday. Offices will open in 13 cities with a dozen staffers at each office working between now and the fall to register young people at coffee shops, movie theatres, parks, malls, concerts, and other such places that the youngsters enjoy. The cities opening offices on Tuesday are Denver, Boulder, Des Moines, Iowa City, Las Vegas, Albuquerque, Portland, Eugene (Ore.), Milwaukee, Green Bay, and Madison (Wis.). Offices in Colorado Springs and Las Cruces, N.M., will open shortly.

Weekend must-reads:

We start with the mustest-must-read: David Sanger from the New York Times' Week in Review on how the slipping of the Bush White House's iron-clad message discipline has resulted in internal strife that a senior member of the national security staff sneered "'makes us sound like Democrats.'" LINK

"Maybe this is the natural wear and tear of an administration well into its fourth year, having survived the stresses of an economic downturn, a terror attack and two wars. Many think it is a casualty of Iraq: When the occupation turned south, the backbiting and second-guessing were inevitable."

The Washington Post's Glenn Kessler on Sunday wrote about his interview with John Kerry, in which the presumptive Democratic nominee continued his foreign policy blitz and criticized the Bush Administration for having an "'Iraq-centric preoccupation'" that overshadowed other foreign policy issues, such as nuclear buildup in North Korea. Kerry said "he would play down the promotion of democracy as a leading goal in dealing with Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, China and Russia," and would not set a date for the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq. LINK

The New York Times' David Sanger and Jodi Wilgoren on Sunday also wrote up Kerry's Friday interview on foreign policy, during which he called President Bush's focus on Iraq "almost myopic" and said it made Americans less safe. The duo Note Kerry's focus on North Korea, Iran and nuclear materials in the former Soviet Union, which he said poses a more direct threat to U.S. security. LINK

Excerpts from the interview: LINK

On Sunday, the Washington Post's Robin Wright looked at the "Poo-bahs," a.k.a. the Kerry foreign policy team. LINK

Newsweek's Howard Fineman and Susannah Meadows explore the "sock puppet theory" of the Kerry campaign. "The election, in their view, doesn't turn on Kerry's legislative victories (in 20 years in the Senate, they are few) or on his grand new ideas (his foreign policy, judging from his advisers, would be a Clinton Restoration). Rather, his handlers think, the race is about being a minimally acceptable alternative and in the right position to capitalize on the president's weakness." LINK

President Bush, who in 2002 said of Saddam Hussein, "After all, this is the guy who tried to kill my dad," has the pistol of the former Iraqi leader mounted in his private study off the Oval Office, a White House spokesman confirms to ABC News the report by Time's Matt Cooper. Bush is said to be "proud of the performance and bravery of the troops in Iraq and was happy to receive it." The White House spokesman did not know when Bush was presented with the gun. LINK

The AP on Bush's "war trophy." LINK

The New York Times' Adam Nagourney wrote Saturday about how left-wing Democrats are muting their differences with their presumptive nominee, less as a sign that they're warming to him than a sign of how much they want to win back the White House. LINK

Nagourney Noted: "The unity, in no small part, is being encouraged by polls showing the race tied, as well as the intense dislike for Mr. Bush among many Democrats, making it much less likely that any Democrat is going to cast a symbolic protest vote, party officials said."

On Saturday, Maria La Ganga of the Los Angeles Times looked at the 2 million undecided voters that both campaigns are courting with a vengeance. LINK

Nick Anderson of the Los Angeles Times on Saturday wrote abut the Kerry ad buy for June that has the Massachusetts Senator spending a reported $750,000 to go on the air in Richmond, Roanoke, Norfolk, and the Washington, D.C. area. LINK

On Sunday, Glen Justice of the New York Times took a look at the Republican 527 groups working to play catchup to Democratic groups on fundraising and aggressively get in the game. LINK

The Washington Post's Tom Edsall on Sunday wrote that the Leadership Forum is walking a fine line by promoting its close ties to Republican lawmakers. LINK

Laurie Goodstein wrote in Sunday's New York Times about how some Catholics and evangelicals are banding together on issues like abortion, government support for religious schools and the traditional family -- i.e., opposition to gay marriage. LINK

On Sunday, the Washington Post's Brian Faler looked at the latest frontier in political advertising: the Web. LINK

New York magazine features a first-person account by Alexandra Polier. Don't miss either the conversation with the reporter from The Hill or the one with Chris Lehane. LINK

TODAY'S SCHEDULE (all times ET):
—10:55 am: President and Laura Bush, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Richard Myers participate in the wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
—11:00 am: Sen. John Kerry, Gov. Mark Warner and Rep. Bobby Scott walk in the annual Memorial Day And Remembrance Parade, Portsmouth, Va.
—11:10 am: President Bush speaks at the Arlington National Cemetery Memorial Day celebration, Arlington, Va.
—12:15 pm: Arlington National Ceremony hosts a mass wreath-laying ceremony with 50 veterans organizations, Arlington, Va.
—1:00 pm: The Vietnam Memorial Fund holds its annual observance at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, including a keynote address by Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge, a speech by Rep. John Murtha, and an invocation by Washington Archbishop Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, Washington, D.C.
—3:00 pm: Memorial Day National Moment of Remembrance
—3:00 pm: The parents of Army Captain Russell Rippetoe, the first casualty of the war in Iraq to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery, place a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns, Arlington, Va.
—4:00 pm: Arlington National Cemetery hosts the annual Women's Memorial Day ceremony, Arlington, Va.
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— May 27-31, 2004: Libertarian Party National Convention, Atlanta
— May 31, 2004: Memorial Day
— June 1, 2004: Alabama presidential/state primary
— June 1, 2004: New Mexico state primary
— June 1, 2004: South Dakota presidential primary and special election for the state's at-large congressional seat between Stephanie Herseth (D) and fmr. state Sen. Larry Diedrich (R)
— June 1, 2004: Vice President Cheney delivers remarks on the Patriot Act at a Bush-Cheney '04 event, Kansas City, Mo.
— June 1-3, 2004: 77th annual Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee, Washington, D.C.
— June 2, 2004: President Bush delivers Air Force Service Academy's commencement address, Colorado Springs, Colo.
— June 2, 2004: Donna Brazile discusses her new book "Cooking with Grease: Stirring the Pots in American Politics" at a luncheon sponsored by the Eleanor Roosevelt Legacy Committee at the Yale Club Grand Ballroom, New York City
— June 2-4, 2004: Summit on Obesity presented by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and hosted by ABC News and TIME magazine, Williamsburg, Va.
— June 2-4, 2004: Campaign for America's Future's Take Back America conference, D.C.
— June 2, 2004: MoveOn.org President Wes Boyd, MoveOn.org Co-Founder Joan Blades, NAACP Chairman Julian Bond, and Arianna Huffington speak at the Campaign for America's Future's Take Back America Conference, D.C.
— June 3, 2004: President Bush meets with Australian Prime Minister John Howard at the White House, D.C.
— June 3, 2004: Ralph Nader speaks at the National Press Club, D.C.
— June 3, 2004: George Soros, Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.), fmr. Gov. Howard Dean (D-Vt.), and Sen. Jon Corzine (D-N.J.) speak at the Campaign for America's Future's Take Back America Conference, D.C.
— June 3-5, 2004: Virginia Republican Party's state convention, Richmond, Va.
— June 3-6, 2004: Yale University summer reunions for the classes of 1949, 1954, 1959, 1964, 1994, and 1999, New Haven, Conn.
— June 4, 2004: President Bush meets with Pope John Paul II, Vatican City
— June 4, 2004: Fmr. Vice President Al Gore keynotes the Washington State Democratic Party's gala banquet honoring Congressman Norm Dicks (D-Wash.), Tacoma, Wash.
— June 4, 2004: Labor Sec. Elaine Chao keynotes the Chairman's Dinner at the Virginia Republican Party's state convention, Richmond, Va.
— June 4, 2004: NOW President Kim Gandy, Rainbow-PUSH Coalition President Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr., and AFSCME President Gerald McEntee speak at the Campaign for America's Future's Take Back America Conference, D.C.
— June 4-5, 2004: West Virginia Republican Party's state convention, Beckley, W.Va.
— June 4-6, 2004: Washington Democratic Party's state convention, Tacoma, Wash.
— June 4-6, 2004: Campaigns and Elections Magazine sponsors a conference called "The Art of Political Campaigning: Techniques and Strategies to Win Your Upcoming Election," D.C.
— June 5, 2004: 136th running of the Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park, Elmont, N.Y.
— June 5, 2004: DNC platform committee holds a hearing on national security, Baton Rouge, La.
— June 5, 2004: James Carville keynotes the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party's Annual Hubert H. Humphrey Dinner, St. Paul, Minn.
— June 5-6, 2004: President Bush travels to France to meet with President Chirac and to commemorate the 60th anniversary of D Day
— June 6, 2004: Puerto Rico Democratic caucuses
— June 6, 2004: 60th anniversary of D Day
— June 7, 2004: Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) campaigns in Los Angeles
— June 7, 2004: Construction begins on the Sheekey Bridge over Eighth Ave. and 34th. St., New York City
— June 7, 2004: Barbra Streisand, Neil Diamond, Willie Nelson, and Billy Crystal perform in a fundraising benefit concert for the Kerry Victory Committee 2004 at the Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
— June 8, 2004: New Jersey presidential primary
— June 8, 2004: Montana presidential/state primary
— June 8, 2004: North Dakota state primary
— June 8, 2004: South Carolina state primary
— June 8, 2004: National George Bush Meetup Day
— June 9, 2004: Construction begins on the foundation and supports for the Sheekey Bridge, New York City
— June 9, 2004: Fmr. Vice President Al Gore attends a birthday celebration for New Hampshire Democratic Party Chair Kathy Sullivan, Manchester
— June 9, 2004: Center for American Progress hosts a forum called "Faith and Progressive Policy: Proud Past, Promising Future," D.C.
— June 10, 2004: Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.)'s birthday
— June 10, 2004: President Bush and G-8 leaders meet with the leaders of Algeria, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Uganda on Sea Island, Ga.
— June 10, 2004: Bette Midler, James Taylor, John Mellencamp, Jon Bon Jovi, Wyclef Jean, Robin Williams and Whoopi Goldberg perform in a fundraising benefit concert for the Kerry Victory Committee 2004 at Radio City Music Hall, New York City
— June 10-11, 2004: Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) campaigns in New York
— June 10-13, 2004: American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee's national convention, Arlington, Va.
— June 11, 2004: DNC platform committee holds a hearing on the economy and jobs, Columbus, Ohio
— June 11-14, 2004: Oregon Democratic Party's state convention, Portland
— June 11, 2004: RNC Chairman Ed Gillespie speaks at the New Mexico Republican Party's quadrennial convention, Albuquerque
— June 12, 2004: Fmr. President George H.W. Bush's 80th birthday
— June 12, 2004: Indiana Democratic Party's state convention, Indianapolis
— June 12, 2004: Florida Democratic Party Jefferson-Jackson dinner, Westin Diplomat, Ft. Lauderdale
— June 12, 2004: West Virginia Democratic Party's state convention, Charleston, W.Va.
— June 12, 2004: New Mexico Republican Party's quadrennial convention, Albuquerque
— June 12, 2004: Arkansas Republican Party's state committee meeting, Little Rock, Ark.
— June 12, 2004: "41@80" birthday gala celebration honoring fmr. President George H.W. Bush at Minute Maid Park, Houston
— June 12, 2004: Iowa Republican Party's state convention, Des Moines
— June 13, 2004: "41@80" birthday barbeque honoring fmr. President George H.W. Bush at the Bush Library and Museum on the campus of Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
— June 13, 2004: Fmr. President George H.W. Bush celebrates his birthday by tandem jumping with the Army's Golden Knights Parachute Team
— June 13, 2004: The White House's 2004 T-Ball season kicks off with Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station vs. Bolling Air Force Base, D.C.
— June 14, 2004: Flag Day
— June 14-20, 2004: U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' retreat for American bishops, Denver
— June 14, 2004: Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) campaigns in New Jersey
— June 15, 2004: Final media walkthrough for the Democratic National Convention at the FleetCenter, Boston
&3151; June 16, 2004: Drum Major Institute fundraiser honoring Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.) with the group's 2004 Drum Major for Justice Award, New York City
— June 17, 2004: Hip-Hop Summit Action Network summit, New Orleans
— June 17, 2004: Paul Stekler's film "Last Man Standing" screens at the SilverDocs AFI Festival, Silver Springs, Md.
— June 17, 2004: Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) campaigns in Aspen and Denver, Colo.
— June 17, 2004: Martha Stewart's sentencing, New York City
— June 17-18, 2004: International Executive Board Meeting of AFSCME, Anaheim, Calif.
— June 17-19, 2004: Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.) and Gov. Bill Richardson (D-N.M.) address the Texas Democratic Party's state convention, Houston
— June 18, 2004: DNC platform committee holds a hearing on education and health care, Santa Fe, N.M.
— June 18-20, 2004: American Constitution Society's national convention, D.C.
— June 18, 2004: Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer and Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) address the American Constitution Society's national convention, D.C.
— June 19, 2004: DNC Platform Drafting Committe prepares draft report for the full platform committee, Santa Fe, N.M.
— June 19, 2004: Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.) headlines the Louisiana Democratic Party's Jefferson-Jackson dinner, Baton Rouge, La.
— June 19-23, 2004: SEIU International Convention, San Francisco
— June 20, 2004: First day of summer
— June 20, 2004: Fathers' Day
— June 21-22, 2004: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace's non-proliferation conference titled "A New, Effective Non-Proliferation Strategy," Washington, D.C.
— June 21-25, 2004: AFSCME 36th International Convention, Anaheim, Calif.
— June 21, 2004: Assembly of the Sheekey Bridge begins, New York City
— June 22, 2004: Construction of the foundation and supports for the Sheekey Bridge concludes, New York City
— June 22, 2004: Utah state primary including the Republican gubernatorial primary between Jim Huntsman Jr. and Nolan Karras
— June 23, 2004: Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) campaigns in San Francisco and Silicon Valley, Calif.
— June 23, 2004, Installation of the platforms, stair towers, tents, and air conditioning for the Sheekey Bridge begins, New York City
— June 24, 2004: Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) campaigns in Los Angeles
— June 24, 2004: National John Kerry Meetup Day
— June 25, 2004: Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) campaigns in New York
— June 25, 2004: Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.) keynotes the Iowa Democratic Party's Hall of Fame Dinner, Des Moines, Iowa
— June 26, 2004: Iowa Democratic Party's state convention, Des Moines, Iowa
— June 26, 2004: European Union summit, Dublin, Ireland
— June 24-27, 2004: Green Party National Convention, Milwaukee
— June 25-29, 2004: U.S. Conference of Mayors annual meeting, Boston
— June 27, 2004: Annual DeWine Ice Cream Social at the DeWine Farm, Cedarville, Ohio
— June 28, 2004: Partnership for Public Service Second Annual Gala honoring Goldman, Sachs & Co. and fmr. Sen. Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.)
— June 28-29, 2004: NATO summit, Istanbul, Turkey
— June 30, 2004: Scheduled date for the transfer of power from the Coalition Provisional Authority to the Iraqi Transitional National Assembly
— July 2-3, 2004: Installation of the Sheekey Bridge, New York City
— July 2-7, 2004: National Education Association annual meeting, Washington, D.C.
— July 4, 2004: Independence Day
— July 6, 2004: President George W. Bush's birthday
— July 6, 2004: Rep. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) speaks at a dinner sponsored by the Leadership Forum, D.C.
— July 9-10, 2004: DNC full platform committee's "A Plan for America" meeting, Miami, Fla.
— July 9-10, 2004: UNITE HERE Merger Convention, Chicago
— July 10-16, 2004: 95th NAACP annual convention, Philadelphia
— July 13-17, 2004: American Federation of Teachers National Convention
— July 13, 2004: 75th Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Houston
— July 13, 2004: National George Bush Meetup Day
— July 14, 2004: Fmr. President Gerald Ford's birthday
— July 16, 2004: Construction of the Sheekey Bridge scheduled to conclude, New York City
— July 19-23, 2004: National Conference of State Legislatures' annual meeting and exhibition, featuring appearances by Donna Brazile and Bill Kristol, Salt Lake City
— July 19, 2004: RNC's New York City Host Committee scheduled to hand over the keys for the Farley Post Office Building and the Sheekey Bridge to the Republican National Convention, New York City
— July 20, 2004: North Carolina state primary
— July 20, 2004: Georgia state primary
— July 22, 2004: National John Kerry Meetup Day
— July 26, 2004: Final report due from the 9/11 Commission
— July 26, 2004: Target start date for the 108th Congress' August recess
— July 26, 2004: Hip-Hop Summit Action Network summit, Boston
— July 26-29, 2004: Democratic National Convention, Boston
— Aug. 3, 2004: Missouri state primary
— Aug. 3, 2004: Kansas state primary
— Aug. 3, 2004: Michigan state primary
— Aug. 5, 2004: Tennessee state primary
— Aug. 9, 2004: National George Bush Meetup Day
— Aug. 10, 2004: Colorado state primary
— Aug. 10, 2004: Georgia state primary
— Aug. 10, 2004: Connecticut state primary
— Aug. 14-29, 2004: Summer Olympic Games, Athens, Greece
— Aug. 19, 2004: Fmr. President Bill Clinton's birthday
— Aug. 21, 2004: Hip-Hop Summit Action Network summit, St. Louis
— Aug. 24, 2004: Oklahoma state primary
— Aug. 24, 2004: Alaska state primary
— Aug. 26, 2004: National John Kerry Meetup Day
— Aug. 27-28, 2004: Arkansas Democratic Party's state convention, Little Rock, Ark.
— Aug. 30-Sept. 2, 2004: Republican National Convention, New York City
— Aug. 31, 2004: Florida state primary
— Sept. 1, 2004: Targeted opening of the CNN studios in the Center at Columbus Circle, New York City
— Sept. 2-5, 2004: American Political Science Association annual meeting, Chicago
— Sept. 6, 2004: Labor Day
— Sept. 7, 2004: Target end date for the 108th Congress' August recess
— Sept. 7, 2004: Arizona state primary
— Sept. 7, 2004: Nevada state primary
— Sept. 8-11, 2004: Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Annual Legislative Conference, Washington, D.C.
— Sept. 11, 2004: Patriot Day
— Sept. 11, 2004: Delaware state primary
— Sept. 14, 2004: National George Bush Meetup Day
— Sept. 14, 2004: New Hampshire state primary
— Sept. 14, 2004: Wisconsin state primary
— Sept. 14, 2004: Washington state primary
— Sept. 14, 2004: Vermont state primary
— Sept. 14, 2004: Massachusetts state primary
— Sept. 14, 2004: Minnesota state primary
— Sept. 14, 2004: New York state primary
— Sept. 14, 2004: District of Columbia district primary
— Sept. 16, 2004: Rosh Hashanah
— Sept. 22, 2004: First day of fall
— Sept. 23, 2004: National John Kerry Meetup Day
— Sept. 24-25, 2004: Christian Coalition's Road To Victory conference, D.C.
— Sept. 25, 2004: Yom Kippur
— Sept. 28, 2004: Fmr. Vice President Al Gore and fmr. Sen. Bob Dole (R-Kan.) take part in Southern Methodist University's Linda and Mitch Hart Lecture moderated by David Gergen, Dallas
— Sept. 30, 2004: Proposed presidential debate at the University of Miami, Miami
— Oct. 1, 2004: Fmr. President Jimmy Carter's birthday
— Oct. 1, 2004: Target adjournment for the 108th Congress
— Oct. 3, 2004: Rev. Al Sharpton's birthday
— Oct. 5, 2004: Proposed vice presidential debate at Case Western University, Cleveland
— Oct. 8, 2004: Proposed presidential debate at Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis
— Oct. 8, 2004: Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio)'s birthday
— Oct. 11, 2004: Columbus Day
— Oct. 12, 2004: National George Bush Meetup Day
— Oct. 13, 2004: Proposed presidential debate at Arizona State University, Tempe
— Oct. 16, 2004: Early voting begins in New Mexico
— Oct. 16, 2004: Ramadan begins
— Oct. 19, 2004: Early voting begins in Florida
— Oct. 21, 2004: Alfred E. Smith memorial dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City
— Oct. 23, 2004: Scheduled start of the 2004 World Series
— Oct. 28, 2004: National John Kerry Meetup Day
— Oct. 31, 2004: Daylight savings time ends
— Nov. 2, 2004: Election Day
— Nov. 5, 2004: President George W. Bush and Laura Bush's 27th wedding anniversary
— Nov. 11, 2004: Veterans' Day
— Nov. 17, 2004: Fmr. Gov. Howard Dean (D-Vt.)'s birthday
— Nov. 18, 2004: Official opening of the William J. Clinton Presidential Center, Little Rock, Ark.
— Nov. 25, 2004: Thanksgiving Day
— Dec. 4, 2004: Louisiana congressional runoff
— Dec. 7, 2004: Hanukkah begins
— Dec. 11, 2004: Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.)'s birthday
— Dec. 21, 2004: First day of winter
— Dec. 23, 2004: Ret. Gen. Wesley Clark's birthday
— Dec. 25, 2004: Christmas Day
— Jan. 6-8, 2005: Southern Political Science Association conference, New Orleans

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