Posted on 07/11/2004 4:29:30 PM PDT by Dan from Michigan
President Bush to address crowd at Superior Dome rally in Marquette
The Associated Press
7/11/2004, 12:53 p.m. ET
MARQUTTE, Mich. (AP) — President Bush plans to address a crowd during a rally at Northern Michigan University's Superior Dome as part of his Tuesday campaign swing through the Upper Peninsula.
A smaller event featuring remarks by Bush had been planned for Lakeview Arena, but organizers decided to hold the rally at the Superior Dome to accommodate a larger crowd, Bush campaign spokeswoman Merrill Smith said Sunday.
Bush is campaigning by bus this week in Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin, all states that Democrat Al Gore won four years ago and where the president is locked in close races against Democrat John Kerry.
It will be Bush's second bus tour of Michigan and Wisconsin in the past two months.
Bush took his first bus trip in May, a two-day jaunt through Michigan and Ohio. He rolled across the two battleground states to rally support for the war in Iraq and energize grass-roots support in the swing states.
Bush lost Michigan in 2000 by 5.2 percentage points, fell short in Wisconsin in 2000 by just 5,708 votes and came up 2.4 percentage points behind Gore in Minnesota.
UP - Bush 50.61%, Gore 45.95% with 138812 votes - First GOP'er to win since 84 Reagan(I THINK Dukakis won it)
Alger County (Munsing) - Bush 49.06, Gore 47.43 (Granholm won)
Baraga County (L'anse) - Bush 54.11, 41.26% (Granholm won)
Chippewa County (Sault Ste Marie) - Bush 52.43%, 44.38% (Granhom Won)
Delta County (Escanaba) - Bush 51.23%, 46.03% (Granholm won)
Dickinson County (Iron Mtn) - Bush 54.02, 43.12%
Gogebic County (Ironwood) - Gore 48.78%, Bush 47.10% (Granholm won with 57%)
Houghton County(Houghton) - Bush 55.54, Gore 40.01
Iron County (Iron River) - Gore 48.71%, Bush 47.95% (Granholm won with 53.51%)
Keweenaw County (Copper Harbor) - Bush 55.10, Gore 40.21
Luce County (Newberry) - Bush 58.36%, Gore 37.70% (Granholm won it)
Mackinac County (St. Ignace) - Bush 54.81%, Gore 42.43%
Marquette County (Marquette and Ishpeming) - Gore 53.13%, Bush 43.10% (Granholm got 57.69% here)
Menominee County (Menominee) - Bush 52.99, Gore 44.06
Onontagon County (Ontonagon) - Bush 59.55, Gore 36.47 (Granholm held Posthumus to 49.61%)
Schoolcraft County (Manistique) - Bush 49.74%, Gore 48.50% (Granholm won it, and it's normally dem)
This is a very important battle ground. There are not a big number of votes there, but Mike Cox won his last race by 5000 votes. John Engler won his first race by 17000.
Enjoy yer moment in da spotlight, yoopers!
If Bush wins MI & PA, he's won a second term. If Kerry wins OH or FL, we'll probably see him in the WH in 2005.
If he pushes each of those to over 60+% he will carry Michigan. And he is doing the right thing in coming up here as us folks remember those who remember us.
There were 5000 tickets let out for the original event att the Lakeshore arena. Since they realized that the turnout was gonna be so big they took it to the dome (one of the largest wood dome stadiums in the world) and there is another 6 thousand being let out. I'd say with the reserved seats already spoken for there will be around 12 thousand at the rally.
BTW..the raw resources that came from the UP built a good portion of America. 90% of the ore that went for steel production in WW2 came from the mines in the UP. At one time the only place in the world that had such high copper production was in the UP. The highest value of gold per ton was from the Michigan mine near Ishpeming in the 1800s and there is still gold in them thar hills, except it costs so much to get it at todays prices. Most of the Ford motor co's baseline raw materials came from the UP. For its size, it is one of the largest producers of forest products in the nation-paper, hardwood lumber/veneers etc.
Calumet, was a hairs breath away from becoming the state capitol. Calumet/Laurium is the home town of the "Gipper" George Gipp, the player Ronald Reagan played in his 1940s film about the man.
Interesting info--thanks! It is a beautiful area, no doubt. How is the economy doing up there?
http://www.nmu.edu/recreation/supdome.html
I hope this works. Superior Dome.
Silent, I will keep in mind though, that I am in loyalist country. Cheers.
:-)
Can either of you point to a recent voter registration breakdown by party in MI? I could not find it on the SOS/election website for MI. I am interested in knowing how the registration today compares to that in 2000 (%R vs %D vs %Ind.).
This will include a visit to the bear park at Newberry- Luce County; for my grand daughters to enjoy. Bears roam at will in natural surroundings
I remember one story(not sure if it was Tahquamenon or Yellowstone) where some cityfolk fed a bear they thought was cute. The bear ate all the food....and then when there was none left lost its temper and jumped up and down on the car before the rangers came to the rescue.
You gotta do more than that Pete. Taking a tour around are you not? Go on down to Blaney Park and see a Ghost town. Or on over to Munising to look about-a deleteful little falls just across the road from the hospital there. Then there's Fayette park, Nahma, the Big Springs near Manistique etc..these are places that the normal tourist do not hear much about and you could take it in all in about a day and a half and wynd up back in Soo at the end by going to Munising and when leaving there by taking Fed Forest Highway 13 south to US 2 and then east on 2.
Believe me I would like to. Still, I can go the Clergue Park and look across the River St Marys every day- at the UP,with a Hortons coffee. Being 72 years old,I would be a bit of a liability. America a very hospitable country and too many newcomers think it is a free ride and have not paid any dues. (laughs). Thanks to other Yoopers advice on more visits- will do- Fayette, here we come. Cheers.
The Mrs and I had seat reserved a while ago. This is one thing I'd never miss.
Tickets are going fast in Green Bay where the rally will be Wednesday at the new Resch Center across from Lambeau Field.
Fayette is good for a nice slow stroll. It was a Pig Iron smelting town and is mostly all there yet. The Big Springs are something..kitch-iti-ti-kipi is the name..all the thousands and thousands of gallons of crystal clear water boiling up at at you. US 2 follows the north shore of Lake Michigan and one can stop and walk the beaches. I think you know all that though.
How many the figure being there?
I think the Resch holds about 10 thousand. People have been waiting in line for hours to get tickets. Maybe they will have to move it to the stadium!
http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/news/archive/local_16859634.shtml
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