http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CAMPAIGN_RDP?SITE=FLTAM&SECTION=POLITICS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULTDOWNINGTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- A camouflage-clad Sen. John Kerry went goose hunting Thursday while President Bush paid a call on the archbishop of a heavily Catholic battleground state, a clash of symbolism in a tight race for the White House.
Unimpressed with Kerry's shotgun-toting excursion, Vice President Dick Cheney accused Kerry of donning an "October disguise" to keep his record on gun issues hidden from the voters.
Twelve days before the election, an Associated Press survey among likely voters had the race as a statistical tie, 49 percent for the Massachusetts senator and 46 for the man in the White House. The nominal three-point margin was inside the survey's margin of error.
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