Kerry looks for wins in Virginia, Tennessee

"This president has the worst jobs record of the last 11 presidents combined," the Massachusetts senator said Monday, campaigning in advance of elections in Virginia and Tennessee. "He has lost over 3 million jobs."

After being battered by Democrats for months, Bush gave as good as he got. Democrats who oppose his call for making tax cuts permanent really want higher taxes and bigger government, he said, without mentioning Kerry by name.

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"They're going to say, 'Oh, we've got to raise it so we can pay down the deficit.' No. They're going to raise the taxes and increase the size of the federal government, which would be bad for the United States economy."

Kerry's focus on Bush is a luxury he can afford.

The far-away front-runner in the Democratic race, he has won 10 of 12 primaries and caucuses to date, and hoped for additional success Tuesday in the Southern battlegrounds of Virginia and Tennessee.