Slate's Ballot Box: Reagan and the 2004 Vote

NPR | By Alex Chadwick

Published June 7, 2004 at 12:00 AM EDT

NPR's Alex Chadwick talks with Slate political writer Will Saletan about how Sen. John Kerry and President Bush will slow their campaigning this week to mourn the death of President Ronald Reagan.

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