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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: American Spirit who wrote (487080)	11/5/2003 1:40:56 AM
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in the Kentucky and Mississippi races, campaigns tried out strategies that could play out in next year's presidential race. And Republicans were already crowing. ``The Democrat strategy was negative attacks and tying Ernie Fletcher to President Bush and making this race a referendum on the president's economic policies,'' Republican National Chairman Ed Gillespie said. ``The Democrats had their referendum and got their answer.'' Mississippi Democrats criticized Barbour for his connections and years spent in Washington as Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and other top GOP officials came to campaign for him -- and as Musgrove distanced himself from national Democrats. In Kentucky, party activists argued that a vote for Chandler would tell the White House its economic policy is a failure. Bush called Fletcher and Barbour to offer congratulations, White House press secretary Scott McClellan said Wednesday. ``I think both ran campaigns on a positive agenda,'' McClellan said. ``They both ran strong campaigns with a strong message.'' Republicans went into the election holding seven of 11 governorships in the South, having turned out Democratic chief executives in Alabama, South Carolina and Georgia last year. With Arnold Schwarzenegger's victory in California last month and victories for Fletcher and Barbour, Republicans will hold 29 governorships nationwide. One more governor will be elected this year, also in the South. The race to replace term-limited GOP Gov. Mike Foster goes before Louisiana voters Nov. 15. Democratic Lt. Gov. Kathleen Blanco will face Republican Bobby Jindal, a former health policy adviser in the Bush administration. nytimes.com