Campaign Pledge Drive: Week 14

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SEPARATED AT BIRTH Our two candidates sounded pretty similar these two weeks, evincing a common concern for education and foreign affairs. The difference on their thermometers shrank a little bit as well. This round goes to George.

BUSH 47

--To increase access to college and funding for black and Latino colleges (four pledges)

--To improve schools on Indian reservations and military bases

--To review overseas military deployment and conduct orderly pullouts

--To bolster Latin American ties (two pledges)

--To open up offshore industry

--To back Supreme Court Justices who strictly interpret the Constitution

GORE 75

--To have a "great relationship" with the Mexican President

--To not give tax cuts to the rich at others' expense

--To strengthen Medicare (two new pledges)

--To make $10,000 of college tuition tax deductible yearly

The fine print: totals reflect pledges and proposals made beginning the week of May 29, 2000, when we first began tracking. This survey is not scientific.