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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Check out the links below to hot political stories around the country this morning.
LAWYER LEAVES: The chief outside lawyer for President Bush's re-election campaign resigned yesterday after admitting that he had provided legal services to a group of Vietnam veterans impugning John Kerry's military record, despite the Bush campaign's denials to the Federal Election Commission that it played any role in the anti-Kerry attacks.
The Boston Globe: Bush lawyer quits over tie to anti-Kerry veterans
CATCHING THE CROSSFIRE: When a group calling itself Republicans for Clean Air attacked Senator John McCain's environmental record during the 2000 presidential primaries, Mr. McCain lashed out at his opponent, George W. Bush, urging Mr. Bush to "tell his sleazy Texas buddies to stop these negative ads.'' Now, Texas supporters of Mr. Bush are behind the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, the group attacking the Vietnam War record of Senator John Kerry.
The New York Times: A scarred campaign veteran, caught in a new crossfire
EARLY BIRDS: Early voting, which has nearly tripled in the past eight years, is transforming the way campaigns do business, and because this presidential race is so closely contested, it could have a significant impact on the outcome.
The Washington Post: Voters may have their say before election day
BUSH BUMPED UP: President Bush heads into next week's Republican National Convention with voters moving slightly in his direction since July amid signs that John Kerry has been nicked by attacks on his service in Vietnam, a LA Times poll has found.
The Los Angeles Times: Bush edges ahead of Kerry for the first time
BLAME GAME: John Kerry yesterday harked back to his service in the Vietnam War to decry the abuses that occurred at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, fault President Bush for failing to punish the wrongdoers, and renew his call for Donald Rumsfeld to resign because of the problems under his command.
The Boston Globe: Kerry faults Bush, Rumsfeld leadership in Iraq prison scandal
OPTING OUT: Several Senate Republican candidates, among other party politicos, have decided to stay home and campaign instead of attending next week's Republican National Convention in New York. The candidates say they are in tight races that might decide which party controls the Senate next year.
The Washington Times: GOP candidates opt to skip convention
SAME-SEX BAN: The emerging Republican Party platform embraces a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage - despite an unusual open split on the matter between President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney - and declares that only heterosexual couples should receive legal recognition and related benefits.
The Los Angeles Times: Republican Party's platform embraces constitutional ban on same-sex marriage
SUBTLE BIAS: The old methods of US discrimination at the polls have been replaced by ''subtler and more creative tactics," according to a report released yesterday.
The Boston Globe: Minorities bear brunt of 'subtler' bias at US polls, report says
STIFLE THE VOTE: The NAACP and other civil rights leaders yesterday charged that recent events suggest the Republican Party is mounting a campaign to keep African Americans and other minority voters away from the polls this November.
The Washington Post: Groups say GOP moves to stifle vote
PATAKI'S TURN: Pataki has let it be known that he might like to run for president in 2008, and his advisers have been spreading the word that in a state known for its not-so-Republican Republicans, Mr. Pataki is the real thing. Neek gives him the chance to prove that.
The New York Times: Spotlight to test Pataki's mettle as Republican
MARRIAGE GAP: Most married women say they'll vote for President Bush. By nearly 2-to-1, unmarried women say they support John Kerry. The "marriage gap" -- the difference in the vote between married and unmarried women - is an astonishing 38 percentage points, according to aggregated USA TODAY/CNN/Gallup Polls.
USA Today: Married? Single? Status affects how women vote
PARTY BETRAYAL: Conservatives yesterday fumed over what they see as twin betrayals in recent days - the Republican National Convention platform's endorsement of amnesty for illegal aliens and Vice President Dick Cheney's fence-straddling on homosexual "marriage."
The Washington Times: Right wing sees betrayals
Compiled by Heather Riley
