MV our Washington correspondent writes:

For the third in their series of presidential debates George W. Bush and John Kerry will don sumo suits and face off in front of millions of TV viewers.

All eyes will be on the Whitehouse lawn for the hottest political contest in decades.

Vice presidential candidate John Edwards was quoted as saying that his party "would be able to get in the ring and fight for what is right".

Democrats have spent the weekend drawing attention to news that the president has been forgoing his ritual of running 3 miles each morning in the run up to this important showdown. National Security advisor Condoleza Rice stated that there was no link whatsoever between the Presidential debate and Bush's attempts to bulk up. At a recent press conference she stated "this is so that Dick Cheney can fit into the President's shoes in the case of a national emergency."

President Bush is 5'11 and has a Scottish terrier called Scottie. John Kerry is 6' 4 and doesn't.

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