Kerry continues his pre-convention tour this morning in Cape Canaveral, Florida, where he speaks at 10:15 a.m.

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Al Gore and John Kerry edged George W. Bush by similar margins in pre-convention polls in 2000 and 2004.

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Underscoring the Bush campaign's confidence, the pre-convention tour he's launching Friday will take him through six states that Clinton carried in each of the last two elections, including battleground behemoths Ohio and Pennsylvania.

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