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Terence Smith speaks with Andrew Kohut, president of the Pew Research Center, about what recent polls indicate about Vice President Dick Cheney's favorability rating among all voters and from whom the vice president enjoys his strongest support.

Karl Rove, the chief political strategist for President Bush's reelection campaign, offers his thoughts on the Democratic convention, Sen. John Kerry's service in Vietnam, the Republican National Convention and the president's bid for a second term in the White House.

First Lady Laura Bush on Tuesday night will make the case for why voters should reelect her husband during her speech at the Republican National Convention. Earlier Tuesday, Jim Lehrer spoke with Laura Bush about her address, the protests against…