Vanderbilt Television News Archive

(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Report introduced.

(White House: John King) The campaign offensive by President Bush eight months before the election featured. [Before a Republican crowd, BUSH - criticizes Democratic presidential candidate Senator John Kerry.] [GOP strategist Scott REED†- says Republicans want the president on the offensive.] The issue of Vice President Dick Cheney as a liability on the ticket mentioned & the downside of the president campaigning hard so early discussed.

(Studio: Judy Woodruff) The announcement by consumer advocate Ralph Nader that he will run for the presidency noted.

(Columbus, Georgia: Candy Crowley) The campaigning by Kerry & Senator John Edwards on the day Nader announced his candidacy featured. [KERRY, EDWARDS - criticize Bush; comment on how their candidacies will appeal to the Nader 2000 voter.] [NADER - campaigns.]

(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Political roundtable discussion held with former Bush spokeswoman Mindy Tucker & "Nation" magazine's Katrina Vanden Heuvel†. [VANDEN HEUVEL - comments on the issues raised by Nader, who should be a citizen, not a candidate; states the Democratic candidate could marginalize Nader; says this administration has misled the nation into war & undermined American security.] [From Sacramento, TUCKER - says Nader could cause a rift in the Democratic Party; states Vice President Dick Cheney will be on the ticket; criticizes Kerry's record.]