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Labor Day and the November Vote

By Cokie Roberts
Published September 6, 2004 at 12:00 AM EDT

Conventional wisdom says that the candidate leading in the polls on Labor Day will win in November. President Bush has a double-digit lead over Democratic Sen. John Kerry in two new polls. But conventional wisdom has proven unreliable in recent years. Hear NPR's Renee Montagne and NPR Political Analyst Cokie Roberts.

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Cokie Roberts
Cokie Roberts was one of the 'Founding Mothers' of NPR who helped make that network one of the premier sources of news and information in this country. She served as a congressional correspondent at NPR for more than 10 years and later appeared as a commentator on Morning Edition. In addition to her work for NPR, Roberts was a political commentator for ABC News, providing analysis for all network news programming.
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