Bush official: Debates gave lift to Kerry
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By SCOTT LINDLAW
Oct. 14, 2004 |
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) -- Sen. John Kerry gained ground in the race for the White House in the trio of campaign debates, a top official in President Bush's campaign conceded Thursday, but insisted that any advantage would prove fleeting.
"I think it was temporary," Marc Racicot, Bush's campaign chairman, told reporters on the morning after the president and Kerry collided in an intense final debate that sharpened differences over the war in Iraq, the economy, health care and abortion.
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