He's there to get the crowd in pics for the reporters in the state to cover him. It's the news coverage he's after which may say a lot that he can't go other places.
I dare say, I doubt the black vote will be there for him like Clinton/Gore
He won't get that much news coverage at Xenia. The crowd will be small, and the Dayton Daily will cover him, but not the Columbus Post Dispatch. It's a defensive move. BTW, I just double checked with my wife, an OH native and who bikes frequently in that area: she confirms, it's like Bush going to Springboro. Interestingly, though, she said even in Xenia she sees a surprising number of Bush/Cheney signs. If Bush has support in Xenia, Francois doesn't have a hope in hell of carrying Ohio.