LBANY, N.Y. - Bill Bradley has pulled ahead of Vice President Al Gore in New York in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, a statewide poll has found. Quinnipiac College Polling Institute survey had Bradley favored by 47 percent of New York Democrats with Gore the choice of 38 percent. A Quinnipiac poll from early last month had the former senator from New Jersey at 44 percent and Gore at 41 percent, a statistical deadheat. In July, Gore was leading the former New York Knicks basketball star, 52 percent to 34 percent, among New York Democrats in the Quinnipiac poll. The poll of 1,109 registered voters was conducted Nov. 3-8. (AP)
Gore speech pushes defense initiatives
MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa - Saying that isolationist trends are sweeping through Congress, Vice President Al Gore used a Veterans Day speech yesterday to argue that the United States must reassert its role as an international leader. Gore also called for increased defense spending while using the issue to sharpen differences with Bill Bradley, his rival for the Democratic presidential nomination. (AP)
Governor promises stronger military
CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. - Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush lauded America's veterans yesterday as ''heroes who saved a century'' and vowed to strengthen the US military during a Veterans Day speech in this Detroit suburb. ''The greatest monument to America's veterans is the world they shaped,'' the Texas governor told more than 100 veterans and other onlookers. (AP)
McCain must omit cemetery from ads
WASHINGTON - Republican presidential candidate John McCain will redesign his campaign's biographical television ad to remove footage of Arlington National Cemetery. The Army said Monday that the Arizona senator's campaign did not request permission to film him at the cemetery, and if it had, the request would have been denied because partisan activity is banned at all Army installations. McCain said Tuesday his campaign erred by not requesting permission. (AP)
Buchanan lands left-wing support
WASHINGTON - Social conservative Pat Buchanan and left-wing advocate Lenora Fulani announced yesterday they would put aside, but not abandon, their vast political differences in a common effort to win the Reform Party presidential nomination, and the White House, for Buchanan in 2000. Fulani, a founding member of the Reform Party who has run for president as a minor party candidate, endorsed Buchanan and will cochair his campaign. (Reuters)
Bauer urges Forbes to abandon his run
NEWPORT, Ky. - Republican presidential candidate Gary Bauer yesterday challenged rival Steve Forbes to quit the race for the GOP nomination, claiming to be even with Forbes in support despite having less money with which to run. ''He's in a statistical dead heat with me,'' Bauer, a Kentucky native, said. ''If I were him, I'd drop out ... I intend to be in the race until the end.'' The Forbes campaign rejects Bauer's remarks, spokeswoman Juleanna Glover Weiss said. (AP)
