US economy weighs heavily in White House race
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The troubled US economy is increasingly shaping the presidential race, with candidates promising fresh initiatives on Friday four days before a Republican nominating contest in hard-hit Michigan.
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The latest data on the US jobs market sparked a fierce spin effort from the campaigns of President George W. Bush and challenger John Kerry to highlight their views on the state of the economy.
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The US economy continued to grow in September and early October despite being buffeted by rising energy costs and increased uncertainty caused by the presidential campaign
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With the outlook fuzzy and the US economy saddled by big deficits, President George W. Bush will face a tough road implementing his ambitious economic agenda in a second term, analysts say.
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Americans are becoming increasingly concerned about the state of the US economy and blaming President George W. Bush, according to Gallup poll figures released.
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In shift of tone, White House says high energy prices are now dragging on US economy. CRAWFORD, Texas  - President Bush&#39;s economic advisers are warning that high energy prices have become a drag on
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The latest opinion polls in the United States show that Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry faces a tough battle in trying to take the White House from its current occupant, President George Bush.
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TAMPA, Florida  - Republican presidential candidates sparred over the best fix for the faltering U.S. economy on Wednesday as a poll showed Florida's high-stakes race for the White House tightening.
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High oil prices, a stagnant labor market -- and the lack of a more forceful response from the Bush campaign -- have sparked worry among White House allies that the administration's economic team has been too content cheerleading instead of setting more detailed plans for a second term.
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This is one in an occasional series of stories leading up to November&#39;s election on economic issues being put forth by President Bush and Democratic challenger Sen. John F. Kerry.
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The race for president has a hot new issue: what to do about the economy's credit crunch. And the candidates, as usual, do not agree.
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George W. Bush took a double-digit lead in what had been a neck-and-neck presidential election contest, prompting Democratic challenger John Kerry to refocus his campaign on bread-and-butter economic issues, where the Republican incumbent president is considered vulnerable.
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With one month to go in a tightening  White House race, an invigorated Democratic Sen. John Kerry  stepped up his attacks on President Bush's economic record on  Sunday and raised new questions about whether the White House  misled the country into war in Iraq.
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GREENWOOD, South Carolina  - U.S. presidential candidates competed on Tuesday to look strong on the economy after an interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve and shaky markets worldwide exacerbated fears of a U.S. recession.
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The economy grew at a faster pace this spring than previously thought, but was at its weakest showing in more than a year, providing ammunition to both candidates in the final weeks of the presidential race.
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The outcome of the 2008 White House election remains up in the air, but one thing is certain -- the bid to succeed President George W. Bush will be the most expensive race in history.
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The economy grew at a faster pace this spring than previously thought, but it was at its weakest in more than a year, providing ammunition to both candidates in the final weeks of the presidential race.