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Kerry hasn't yet closed the sale with undecided voters.
Byline: Steven Thomma, Carl Chancellor and Larry Eichel
WASHINGTON _ Alejandro Garcia-Tunon of Kendall, Fla., is the kind of guy Sen. John Kerry needed to reach this week. A suburban Republican in a pivotal battleground state, Garcia-Tunon has turned away from President Bush but not yet decided to vote for Kerry.
After watching Kerry use the Democratic National Convention to frame his campaign themes, Garcia-Tunon still came away undecided.
That seems to be the initial verdict on the convention from the thin national slice of undecided voters, according to initial polls, focus groups, analysts and anecdotal reports. Kerry got his foot in the door of the White House, he impressed some swing voters in key states, but he hasn't yet closed the sale.
And Bush gets his chance at them with his convention in New York in four weeks.
In the Miami suburb of Kendall, Garcia-Tunon was looking for an alternative to Bush. A Cuban-American from a solidly Republican family _ the kind Bush needs to hold Florida again _ Garcia-Tunon has doubts about the president.
Watching Kerry, he was impressed: "He's a really strong speaker and he's more charismatic than I knew."
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