Teaming Up.

Examines the political campaigns of President George W. Bush and Senator John Kerry in the 2004 U.S. presidential elections. Impact of the Bush-Cheney attack ads on Kerry's ratings; Impact of current events, including violence in Iraq, on the Bush campaign; Focus of the White House on outsmarting the media establishment; Bush's approval ratings; Public image of Bush on the campaign trail; Tours and stump speeches; Implications of the abuses at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison on the Bush campaign; Themes and messages of the candidates; Kerry's desire to have Republican Senator John McCain as his running mate; Efforts of Karl Rove to plan for McCain's reemergence as a Republican stalwart; Kerry's choice of John Edwards as a running mate; Focus of the Democratic convention in Boston, Massachusetts.