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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Check out the links below to hot political stories around the country this morning.
KERRY TRACKED: John Kerry was subjected to extensive surveillance by the FBI for more than a year as he led protests by an anti-Vietnam War organization for veterans against the Nixon administration's war policies, according to FBI documents. The Washington Post: FBI tracked Kerry in Vietnam vets group
FISCAL FOCUS: While the Bush camp casts John Kerry as a classic tax-and-spend liberal, Democrats attacked what they called the hypocrisy of the Bush administration. After all, they asserted, this administration inherited a surplus, enacted sweeping tax cuts and produced a deficit that could reach a record $500 billion this year. The New York Times: New exchange spotlights parties' tug of war over fiscal responsibility
WORKING VACATION: John Kerry's ski vacation shifted yesterday into a kind of work day, as the presidential candidate and his aides in both Idaho and Washington attempted to blunt Republican attacks on Kerry as a tax-and-spend liberal. The Boston Globe: New Kerry ad touts war record and plan for jobs
THE KERRY STYLE: The Boston Globe takes a look at Kerry's style: as stiff and formal as Kerry's style may seem in an era of earthy Southern rhetoric, as practiced by Bill Clinton and to a lesser extent George W. Bush, voters in the primaries seemed to find Kerry's approach not only appealing but elevating. Presidential, even. The Boston Globe: In Kerry speaking style, something presidential
PAINTING KERRY: Republicans on Monday significantly escalated their effort to paint John Kerry as a big-government liberal, charging he has endorsed a $1.7-trillion spending spree that would demand huge tax increases. The Los Angeles Times: Bush camp attacks Kerry's spending plan
SMALL TOWN POLITICS: The Massachusetts senator was making the first visit to his mountain home since the Secret Service began providing him protection last month. And as often happens every four years to a small community somewhere -- such as Crawford, Texas, when George W. Bush emerged in 2000 as the presumptive Republican presidential nominee -- this area in south-central Idaho is getting its first feel of how life would change if Kerry wins the White House. The Los Angeles Times: Political spotlight on Sun Valley
KUCINICH ON LETTERMAN: Dennis Kucinich got a payoff Monday night for his determination to stay in a Democratic presidential race that is very much decided: He got to present his Top 10 list on the "Late Show with David Letterman." The Los Angeles Times: Kucinich makes a 'Late' pitch
TUNNEL VISION?: The White House yesterday denied accusations by a former antiterrorism adviser that President Bush could have stopped the September 11 attacks and has set back the war on terrorism with his obsession to pin the blame on Saddam Hussein. The Washington Times: White House denies Bush obsession with Iraq
CLOSET FRENCHMAN?: Bush pal and Commerce Secretary Donald Evans recently said publicly what his colleagues have long been saying privately: He called President Bush's Democratic opponent a "fellow of a different political stripe who looks French." Those are fighting words these days, when anti-French feelings are running high because of the diplomatic fight over Iraq. The Washington Post: GOP exposé: Kerry, closet Frenchman
