In Washington Post/ABC News poll of registered voters, President Bush leads Sen. John Kerry, 48 percent to 43 percent, with independent candidate Ralph Nader at 6 percent....(for the record)(Brief Article)

* In Washington Post/ABC News poll of registered voters, President Bush leads Sen. John Kerry, 48 percent to 43 percent, with independent candidate Ralph Nader at 6 percent. . . . Bush: "If al-Qaeda were a board of directors, the chairman and vice chairman might still be out there, but the middle management is gone." . . . "I think that we do have to take very seriously the thought that the terrorists might have learned, we hope, the wrong lesson from Spain," says national security adviser Condoleezza Rice, on Fox News. "I think we also have to take seriously that they might try during the cycle leading up to the election to do something." . . . In AP poll, 67 percent say they expect terrorist attack before Election Day. . . . George Tenet passes Richard Helms to become second-longest-serving CIA director and approaches record set by Allen Dulles. . . . . Sen. John ...