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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Check out the links below to hot political stories around the country this morning.
STRIKE THREE: The House ethics committee last night admonished Majority Leader Tom DeLay for asking federal aviation officials to track an airplane involved in a Texas political spat, and for conduct that suggested political donations might influence legislative action. The Washington Post: DeLay draws third rebuke
HIGH RATINGS: At least 43.6 million people watched the debate between Vice President Dick Cheney and Senator John Edwards on Tuesday. The New York Times: Ratings high for vice presidential debate
REACHING FOR CATHOLICS: John Kerry is having trouble wooing fellow Roman Catholics in Iowa and Wisconsin. President Bush is short of his expected Catholic count in Michigan and Minnesota. Once reliably Democratic, Catholics have become one of the most complicated and coveted swing voting blocs. The Associated Press: Bush, Kerry reach out to shifting Catholic vote
LIBERAL WEAKLING: President Bush yesterday leveled a series of charges at John Kerry, saying he has a "record of weakness" in office and is offering a "strategy of retreat" on Iraq. Bush also sharpened his criticism of Kerry's domestic record by calling him a "tax-and-spend" Democrat with a voting record that is the most liberal in the Senate. The Boston Globe: In sharply worded speech, Bush paints Kerry as weak
BADGER STATE: President Bush warms up for his second campaign debate in battleground Wisconsin, where he will get another chance to practice new charges that Democrat John Kerry is unfit to lead the nation. The Associated Press: President Bush campaigns in Wisconsin
SHARPENING ATTACK: President Bush on Wednesday unleashed a blistering, two-pronged attack on John Kerry as a "tax-and-spend liberal" whose failure to understand the changes caused by the 9/11 terrorist attacks would "weaken America and make the world more dangerous." The Los Angeles Times: Bush stiffens attack on Kerry fiscal, foreign policies
SIMILAR STRATEGIES: Despite differences over how the United States went to war, either man as president would pursue a similar strategy now, their campaign statements show. USA Today: Bush, Kerry have similar postwar strategies
ELECTORAL SPLIT: The presidential candidate who wins a majority of the vote in Colorado next month could take all nine of the state's electoral votes, or he could take five. The Washington Times: Proportional split of electoral votes on Colorado ballot
STARTING LINE BATTLEGROUND: The presidential candidates are paying an unprecedented amount of attention to the state, despite its rather meager seven electoral votes. The New York Times: Iowa, where it all began, is now a battleground once more
HEADING SOUTH: One day after their fierce debate in Ohio, Vice President Cheney and Democrat John Edwards took their argument south to Florida, where their words had hardly cooled from the night before. The Washington Post: Cheney-Edwards debate rolls into Florida
L-WORD RETURNS: The "Massachusetts liberal" label has made a return to the presidential campaign trail. President Bush declared in a speech yesterday that John Kerry's proposal for $2.2 trillion in new spending is "a lot -- even for somebody from Massachusetts." The Boston Globe: 'L-word' resurfaces on campaign trail
SUFFIX SLIP: Vice President Dick Cheney thought he could deflect a Democratic attack on Halliburton Co. by referring viewers to a nonpartisan Internet organization that supported his views on the controversial government contractor. The Los Angeles Times: .com or .org? Cheney suffers slip of the suffix
Compiled by Heather Riley
