Campaign Pledge Drive: Week 14

By Melissa August, Val Castronovo, Rachel Dry, Julie Grace, Ellin Martens, Benjamin Nugent, Michele Orecklin, Julie Rawe, Amanda Ripley, Josh Tyrangiel

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.