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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry

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To: ChinuSFO who started this subject	5/25/2004 2:15:57 PM
From: CalculatedRisk	Read Replies (2) of 81568

Kerry to Decide Soon on Nomination Delay story.news.yahoo.com By RON FOURNIER, AP Political Writer WASHINGTON - John Kerry (news - web sites) is expected to decide this week whether he will delay accepting the Democratic presidential nomination, his timetable moved up under pressure from party officials. Several advisers want him to forgo the nomination at the Democratic convention in late July and wait five weeks until President Bush (news - web sites) accepts the GOP nod. That would give both candidates the same time to spend $75 million in public money set aside for the general election. Kerry had planned to wait several weeks before deciding what to do, but word of his deliberations leaked last week, forcing his hand. Campaign officials began telling fellow Democrats on Tuesday that a decision should come in the next day or two. They did not say which way Kerry was leaning. No matter what he decides, the Democratic convention will be held in Boston July 26-29. The question is whether Kerry technically postpones the nomination, which he secured in early March after a series of primaries and caucuses that began in January. Once nominated, Bush and Kerry must decide whether to accept the $75 million each would receive in public money for the general election campaign. Both are expected to do so, because raising that much money would be difficult and time-consuming. By scheduling their convention five weeks before the Republicans, Democratic leaders put their nominee at a disadvantage: Kerry would have to stretch the same $75 million over a longer period of time. Kerry and his advisers are considering other ways to reduce Bush's financial advantage, including launching a massive fund-raising blitz for the Democratic National Committee (news - web sites). Aides say donations have shot up since The Associated Press reported on Friday that deliberations were under way. The downside to that strategy is that Kerry and his advertising team would have little or no control over television ads bought with that money. Democratic convention delegates seem open to the idea of delaying the nomination, although some say it would rob the July gathering of some of its luster. Boston officials and business owners have been more open in their disappointment that Kerry may leave town without the formal nomination.

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