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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Check out the links below to hot political stories around the country this morning.
MILLER'S ENCORE: Bill Clinton asked Zell Miller to keynote the '92 convention and Bush is calling on him to do the same.
The Washington Times: Democrat reprises '92 role, but this time at GOP bash
NO DETAILS: Even as President Bush has started telling voters that overhauling Social Security would be a key part of his second-term agenda, he is likely to avoid offering specifics before election day, according to Bush aides, lawmakers and privatization advocates.
The Los Angeles Times: Bush opening social security debate without saying much
INHALERS FOR KERRY: More than 150,000 people will gather for Hempfest, billed as the largest promarijuana gathering in the country, to listen to speeches from the biggest names in the national drug-law reform movement and will hear an explicitly partisan message: Organizers are pushing pot smokers to help elect John Kerry president.
The Boston Globe: Marijuana rights group uniting behind Kerry
KERRY'S CORRELATION: The Democratic hopeful, criticizing Bush, points to a study that shows some employers cut positions to save on insurance.
The Los Angeles Times: Kerry sees link between health costs, job woes
BIG FINISH: Having staved off for the time being party leaders who want him to quit immediately, and no longer looking ahead to a re-election campaign, New Jersey Gov. James McGreevey is now rushing to finish six to nine months of work in the next 88 days.
The (New Jersey) Star-Ledger: Energized governor strives for big finish
KERRY COUNTERATTACK: John Kerry struck back yesterday against a group of critics who have been impugning his Vietnam War record for the last two weeks, branding them as liars and accusing them of acting as ''a front for the Bush campaign" to do the president's ''dirty work."
The Boston Globe: Kerry fires back on his Vietnam war record
SKIPPING OUT: With Kerry enjoying a sizable lead among college students, College Republicans on several liberal campuses in Massachusetts and other states say they will not work with Democrats on voter registration drives this fall because the efforts lock in more youth votes for President Bush's opponent.
The Boston Globe: College Republicans skip nonpartisan voter registration
GIVE FREELY: Wealthy members of Congress, who are forbidden to raise unlimited soft-money contributions for their campaigns or their parties, can donate unlimited amounts to organizations in the business of mobilizing voters, according to a ruling by the Federal Election Commission on Thursday.
The New York Times: A go-ahead for gift-giving by lawmakers
NEXT TIME: The Federal Election Commission yesterday voted to regulate more of the new brand of political groups known as 527s, starting in the next election cycle.
The Washington Times: FEC reins in 527s, starting next cycle
RELIGIOUS ALLEGATIONS: Deal Hudson, publisher of the conservative Catholic magazine Crisis and a close ally of the Bush White House, has resigned as an adviser to the Bush-Cheney re-election campaign because of allegations that he sexually harassed a Fordham University student a decade ago.
The Washington Post: Bush religion adviser quits campaign post
VOTING SCRAMBLE: With the presidential race very tight, Republicans and Democrats are using media in different ways to try to pick up votes wherever they can and ensure that no one is overlooked. Neither side is taking anything for granted four years after Bush won the White House by a smidgen.
The Associated Press: In close race, a fastidious hunt for votes
KENNEDY GROUNDED: Ted Kennedy said yesterday that he was stopped and questioned at airports on the East Coast five times in March because his name appeared on the government's secret "no-fly" list.
The Washington Post: Sen. Kennedy flagged by no-fly list
ANARCHISTS EMERGE: As the Republican National Convention is about to begin in New York City, the police are bracing for the actions of loosely aligned and often shadowy groups of protesters, and consider them the great unknown factor in whether the demonstrations remain under control or veer toward violence and disorder.
The New York Times: Anarchists emerge as the convention's wild card
