Washington Post: Kerry campaign floats Cabinet ideas — Secretary of State possibles are Holbrooke, Biden, Richardson, or a Republican: Hagel, Lugar or Warren Rudman.
Washington Post: Possible Bush Cabinet changes in a second term include Condi replacing Rummy and Wolfowitz, “Scooter” or Stephen Hadley replacing Condi.
Washington Post: Democrats seek to minimize Nader Factor in at least seven states where Bush and Kerry are dead even — Iowa, Florida, Wisconsin, New Mexico, Minnesota, Maine and New Hampshire.
Baltimore Sun: Bush’s strategy for the final week or so of the campaign, in Mike McCurry’s words, “John Kerry is a bad man, and we can prove it.”
New York Times: New report by Carl Levin focuses on Doug Feith’s role in misrepresenting to Congress the view of American intelligence agencies about the relationship between Iraq and al-Qaida.
Bloomberg: The Pentagon’s Defense Science Board says the U.S. military lacks sufficient troops for post-combat “stability and reconstruction” operations, and should consider adding “significant” numbers of troops.
