Edwards: Bush Leads by 'Fear and Failure'

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Bush, seeking crossover votes from the opposition, contends that today's Democratic Party and its nominee have little in common with Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman and John F. Kennedy. The message: Sen. John Kerry doesn't measure up.

"Those are the Democratic presidents who led with a powerful combination of strength and hope," Edwards told supporters. "George Bush's combination is fear and failure."

Bush asks supporters to bring to the polls "discerning Democrats" like Sen. Zell Miller, the Georgia Democrat who campaigned with Bush on Wednesday in Pennsylvania and Ohio.

"Just because he stands with Zell Miller and campaigns in a Democratic county, it doesn't make you a friend of Democrats," Edwards said. "It shows a sign of desperation."

The North Carolina senator also criticized Bush for talking to Democrats "for the first time, six days before the election." And, Edwards said, the country wants a president who will unite it and not divide it with "a record of failure."

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