posted article tells the average joe nothing about who this guy really is..
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/25/politics/campaign/25swift.html?Bush Campaign's Top Outside Lawyer Advised Veterans Group
By JIM RUTENBERG and KATE ZERNIKE
Published: August 25, 2004
The Bush campaign's top outside lawyer said Tuesday that he had given legal advice to the group of veterans attacking Senator John Kerry's Vietnam War record and antiwar activism in a book, television commercials and countless appearances on cable news programs.
The lawyer, Benjamin L. Ginsberg, said that the group, Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, called him last month to ask for his help and that he agreed. Mr. Ginsberg said that he had yet to work out payment details with the group and that he might consider doing the work pro bono.
Mr. Ginsberg, the chief outside counsel to the Bush-Cheney re-election effort, agreed to an interview after several telephone calls to him and the campaign's asking that he explain his role. He said that he was helping the group comply with campaign finance rules and that his work was entirely separate from his work for the president. President Bush has called for an end to advertising by all groups like that of the Swift boat veterans, called 527's for the section of the tax code that created them.
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Scott Stanzel, a Bush spokesman, said, "There has been no coordination at any time between Bush-Cheney '04 and any 527." Mr. Ginsberg, a prominent elections lawyer, was a senior lawyer for the Bush organization in the Florida recount after the 2000 election and was once general counsel to the Republican National Committee. He said he had no involvement in the message or strategy of the Swift boat group and said he had no reason to believe that Mr. Bush knew of his involvement.
New Mexico stuff..
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Kerry Leads Bush in Pennsylvania, New Mexico Polls (Update1)
Aug. 20 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry leads President George W. Bush in New Mexico and Pennsylvania, and the two candidates are statistically tied in Michigan and Florida, polls in the battleground states found.
Kerry's advantage in Michigan fell this week to 3 percentage points, 48 percent to 45 percent, which is within the margin of error, from 7 percentage points in July, according to a poll by American Research Group Inc.
The survey from Tuesday to yesterday of 600 people deemed likely to vote in the Nov. 2 election found 1 percent for independent candidate Ralph Nader, according to Manchester, New Hampshire-based American Research Group. The margin for error is plus or minus 3 percentage points.
Bush, who visited Traverse City, Michigan, on a campaign trip Monday, has an ``extensive'' grass-roots network in the state with about 50,000 volunteers, spokesman Scott Stanzel said. ``They are ready to take action on behalf of this president, and we have had outstanding turnout and enthusiasm at campaign events,'' he said.
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Bush, Kerry teams prepare for recounts nationwide
Lisa Getter
Los Angeles Times
October 4, 2004
WASHINGTON — Haunted by the specter of the 2000 Florida recount, both presidential campaigns have begun lining up thousands of lawyers across the United States, just in case the election again is too close to call.
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Democratic lawyers are already filing lawsuits across the country — including ones in Ohio, Michigan and Florida last week — over election policies they believe will disenfranchise voters Nov. 2.
Although Democrats are coordinating their efforts through the Kerry campaign and the Democratic National Committee, the Republicans are relying on state political parties to recruit lawyers.
"The plan is to work very hard until Nov. 2 to ensure that no recount is necessary," said Bush campaign spokesman Scott Stanzel. "If a recount is necessary anywhere in the country, we'll be prepared." 
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