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Kerry and Edwards Make First Joint Appearance
President Bush Questions Edwards's Ability to Be President

By Jim VandeHei and Fred Barbash
The Washington Post Staff Writers

John F. Kerry and John Edwards, surrounded by a family tableau of children large and small, appeared together for the first time Wednesday as running mates and soul mates, striking identical themes of fairness and "restoring hope."

Outside Pittsburgh in the morning, at the 88-acre suburban estate that Kerry shares with his wife, Teresa Heinz Kerry, the two candidates left an unmistakable message for the campaign. It's about "putting people back to work," said Kerry, and "healthcare and restoring hope. John Edwards and his family represent a life of fighting to provide hope, of helping to fight to make America fair."

What the President said.

"There's so much at stake," said Edwards, noting that in the small North Carolina town from which he hailed, Kerry was "the kind of man we grew up looking up to and respecting, somebody who believed in faith, family and responsibility and having everybody do what they're capable of doing, not just a few."

"This campaign is about the future and about restoring hope," Edwards said. "People are desperate to believe again that tomorrow will be better than today." (Continua)



Chasing the Edwards Story

Andrea Mitchell had a Democratic source telling her late Monday night that John Kerry would pick John Edwards as his running mate, but after a conference call with top NBC executives, she decided to hold off. (Continua)




Attack Slogans Are the Most Fun

And now, the winners in the In the Loop Campaign Slogan Contest. This was to pick slogans that will clinch victory in November for President Bush or Sen. John F. Kerry.

Some entries were flatly pro-Bush or pro-Kerry, but others could go either way depending on the audience. The most fun slogans tended to be anti the other guy. So, in no particular order, here are the judges' picks. (Continua)