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Kerry planning poll manoeuvre?

By Sridhar Krishnaswami

Washington: The presumptive Democratic nominee, John Kerry, is said to be toying with the idea of going through the motions of a convention in Boston this July but stopping short of accepting the nomination. This is with a view to offsetting the disadvantage of spending his allocated $75 millions by about a month, or until the Republicans finish their political show in New York on September 2. Mr. Kerry has not officially said anything to this effect but his campaign officials are talking of this prospect, one of the themes being that the candidate and the party "won't fight with one hand tied behind our backs". The rules of spending are that once nominated, the Republican and the Democratic candidates will have to limit their spending to the $75 millions that comes by way of Federal funding. The candidates can no longer raise or spend funds out of private contributions. Apparently, the Kerry campaign officials and Democrats are looking at ways in which the candidate can retain the financial advantage that the incumbent Republican, George W. Bush, will be having.

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