<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Debates</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/politics/elections/2004/debates?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/debates</link><description>Debates</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Bush's Cartoon of Kerry Failed to Show Up]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33567-2004Oct14.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/debates</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33567-2004Oct14.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/debates</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:21:50 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Bush campaign created low expectations for Kerry that the senator easily exceeded in the debates, and the overnight change in perceptions of Kerry has reshaped the presidential race.]]></description><author> Dana Milbank</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Debate Helps to Sway Undecided]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33723-2004Oct14.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/debates</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33723-2004Oct14.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/debates</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:21:50 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[For the participants in a Post focus group, the third debate did not offer "Aha!" moments but did ratify trends that began with the first two encounters.]]></description><author> John F. Harris  and Richard Morin</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Debates: Best and Worst]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32065-2004Oct14.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/debates</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32065-2004Oct14.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/debates</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:21:50 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Best Name Dropping <br>President Bush: "That's precisely what Vladimir Putin understands, as well. I've got a good relation with Vladimir. . . . Vladimir is going to have to make some hard choices." (Sept. 30)]]></description><author> Mark Stencel</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Deep Divide on Domestic Front]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30674-2004Oct13.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/debates</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30674-2004Oct13.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/debates</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:21:50 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[President Bush and John F. Kerry battled sharply over domestic issues Wednesday in the final debate of the 2004 campaign. The Democratic nominee charged that the president has compiled a record of failure on the economy and health care, and Bush attacked Kerry's Senate record.]]></description><author> Dan Balz and Jim VandeHei</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sharp Differences Revealed in Final Debate]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31345-2004Oct14.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/debates</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31345-2004Oct14.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/debates</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:21:50 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The final presidential debate sets the stage for a final sprint to Election Day in three weeks, with a wealth of issues -- both at home and abroad -- on which undecided voters can pin their delayed decisions.]]></description><author> David S. Broder</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Attacks Misleading And Out of Context]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31325-2004Oct13.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/debates</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31325-2004Oct13.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/debates</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:21:50 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Facts took a holiday in last night's final presidential debate, with both President Bush and Sen. John F. Kerry attacking each other with misleading or out-of-context assertions that revealed the deep philosophical divide between the candidates.]]></description><author> Glenn Kessler  and Mike Allen</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mention of Gay Daughter a Cheap Trick, Lynne Cheney Says]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31310-2004Oct13.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/debates</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31310-2004Oct13.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/debates</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:21:50 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Lynne V. Cheney, wife of Vice President Cheney, accused John F. Kerry on Wednesday night of "a cheap and tawdry political trick" and said he "is not a good man" after he brought up their daughter's homosexuality at the final presidential debate.]]></description><author> Michael Laris</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Close Final Round]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31374-2004Oct14.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/debates</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31374-2004Oct14.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/debates</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:21:50 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In their third debate, Sen. John Kerry and President Bush again brought out their well-worn buzzwords and slogans.]]></description><author> Tom Shales</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Campaigns on Offensive Ahead of Final Debate]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29941-2004Oct13.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/debates</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29941-2004Oct13.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/debates</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:21:50 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[As Bush and Kerry prepared for their final face-to-face encounter, a Washington Post daily tracking poll released today showed Kerry edging ahead of Bush by 49 percent to 48 percent among likely voters.]]></description><author> William Branigin</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Campaigns Hone Message Before Debate]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26707-2004Oct12.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/debates</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26707-2004Oct12.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/debates</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:21:50 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[As President Bush and Democratic presidential nominee John F. Kerry prepared for Wednesday night's final debate, the two sides previewed their themes for the domestic-policy showdown, with the incumbent branding Kerry a liberal and the Democrats decrying Bush's job-creation record.]]></description><author> Paul Farhi and Dana Milbank</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kerry, Bush Step Up Personal Attacks]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24245-2004Oct11.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/debates</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24245-2004Oct11.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/debates</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:21:50 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[John F. Kerry accused President Bush of covering up ways he has helped rich friends and hurt consumers, while Bush scrambled to keep security at the forefront of the race by charging Kerry with treating terrorism negligently.]]></description><author> Mike Allen and Paul Farhi</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush, Kerry Return to Trail, Take Different Tacks]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20881-2004Oct9.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/debates</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20881-2004Oct9.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/debates</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:21:50 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[More than changing the dynamic of a race that has tightened in the past 10 days, Friday's debate served to set up Wednesday's encounter as an opportunity to provide momentum to one of the candidates going into the final weeks of the election.]]></description><author> Dan Balz and Jim VandeHei</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rivals Draw New Material From Second Debate]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20882-2004Oct9.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/debates</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20882-2004Oct9.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/debates</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:21:50 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Both camps found enough in Friday night's debate to claim victory and to hit the weekend hustings with big smiles and new material aimed at maintaining the offensive before the candidates' final face-off Wednesday in Arizona.]]></description><author> Mike Allen and Paul Farhi</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Debate on Iraq and the Home Front]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18677-2004Oct8.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/debates</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18677-2004Oct8.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/debates</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:21:50 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[President Bush and Democratic challenger Sen. John F. Kerry tangled again over Iraq and other issues in a series of pointed exchanges during their second debate Friday night.]]></description><author> Dan Balz and Mike Allen</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Debate Highlights Stark Choice for Voters]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19128-2004Oct8.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/debates</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19128-2004Oct8.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/debates</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:21:50 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The issues of substance between the two main presidential candidates  dramatically different governing priorities, and starkly different responses to whether the country is on the right course at home and abroad  were on   vivid display Friday in their second debate.]]></description><author> John F. Harris</author></item><item><title><![CDATA['Soft' Voters to Question Candidates at Debate]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16129-2004Oct7.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/debates</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16129-2004Oct7.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/debates</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:21:50 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Rather than a journalist designing questions, Friday night's town hall session will be turned over to the worries and musings of prospective voters.]]></description><author> Peter Slevin</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Candidates Use Arms Report to Make Case]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16133-2004Oct7.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/debates</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16133-2004Oct7.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/debates</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:21:50 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In a preview of what Americans are likely to see in Friday's second presidential debate, the latest report on Iraq's prewar weapons capacity produced a fiery exchange between President Bush and John F. Kerry on Thursday.]]></description><author> Dan Balz</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush and Kerry Come Out of Their Corners]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19168-2004Oct9.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/debates</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19168-2004Oct9.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/debates</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:21:50 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[They may not be changing minds or stimulating widespread discourse, but at least President Bush and Sen. John Kerry are getting to be better debaters. Last night, the presidential candidates met for their second clash, this one staged as a "town-hall meeting" at Washington University in St. Louis.]]></description><author> Tom Shales</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Plenty of Flaws Among the Facts]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19161-2004Oct9.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/debates</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19161-2004Oct9.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/debates</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:21:50 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[President Bush and Sen. John F. Kerry disagreed vigorously last night as they tossed out plenty of numbers, and both demonstrated a talent for relying on facts and assertions of questionable origin.]]></description><author> Glenn Kessler  and Ceci Connolly</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Debate Did Little to Solidify Votes of Participants]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19162-2004Oct9.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/debates</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19162-2004Oct9.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/debates</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:21:50 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ST. LOUIS, Oct. 8 -- They were sitting on the fence before the debate, and after 90 minutes of lively and detailed discussion, they were moved. But only a little.]]></description><author> Paul Farhi</author></item></channel></rss>