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To: TigerPaw who wrote (37786)	2/13/2004 10:17:59 AM
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To: TigerPaw who wrote (37786)	2/14/2004 7:48:58 AM
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Kerry Fires Back at the GOP _____________________________ By Craig Gordon and Anne Q. Hoy WASHINGTON BUREAU Newsday February 14, 2004 newsday.com Madison, Wis. - As the nation's largest labor group prepared to unite behind his candidacy next week, Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry Friday turned his fire on Republicans for calling him "unprincipled" on special interest contributions and promised to fight back if attacked. Kerry accepted the endorsement of one fallen rival, retired four-star Gen. Wesley Clark, who quit the race Wednesday after a pair of third-place showings the day before. Kerry also is in line to receive the endorsement of the national AFL-CIO after its president, John Sweeney, called a meeting Thursday for that purpose, union officials said. The group's 13 million members are one of the single most important constituencies in the Democratic party, but had not united behind one candidate until now. The group's endorsement is likely to be enough to push Kerry toward an unassailable position as front-runner for the nomination. Already, Kerry has won 12 of 14 primaries and caucuses, with polls showing a 30-point lead over his closest rivals, Howard Dean and Sen. John Edwards, in Tuesday's primary in Wisconsin. Dean, the former Vermont governor, originally said he would drop out after Wisconsin if he doesn't win, but now says he may go on, while Edwards of North Carolina has said he'll stay in through the 10 state contests on March 2, which include New York and California. As he campaigned in Wisconsin Friday, Kerry denied having had an extramarital affair when asked about it by reporters. "I just deny it categorically. It's rumor. It's untrue, period. And that's the last time I intend to" respond to questions about it, he told reporters who asked about an item on a conservative Internet site. Kerry also gave a denial when asked about the item Friday morning by radio talk-show host Don Imus. "There's nothing to report, so there's nothing to talk about. And I'm not worried about it," Kerry told Imus. Meanwhile, Republicans Thursday sent out an e-mailed video from the campaign of President George W. Bush that challenges Kerry's statement that he fights Washington special interests and says he takes money from some of the industries he campaigns against. Kerry told supporters in Madison that it was "no surprise" that Republicans went on the attack against him, and charged that Bush's lobbyist contributions in the presidential race dwarf Kerry's. "We know exactly where these guys are going to go," Kerry said on the Imus program. "I'm ready for it ... I'm going to fight back." The developments Friday signaled that both parties increasingly believe Kerry will be the nominee. Some Democrats have been eager to wrap up the nomination fight so they can turn their attention away from a family fight and toward the main objective, beating Bush. Copyright © 2004, Newsday, Inc.