Posted on 10/24/2004 8:55:19 PM PDT by West Coast Conservative
Conventional wisdom has long held that the key to winning the presidential election is to take Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
President Bush says it's not so simple.
In an exclusive interview with ABC News' Charles Gibson, airing on "World News Tonight" and "Good Morning America," Bush notes the field of states that could help decide the election may be bigger than casual observers believe.
"I wouldn't discount Michigan," Bush says. "I wouldn't discount the influence of Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota and New Mexico. I think this race is a non-predictable race. I think people like to boil it down to one or two states. I think you're gonna find there's a lot of interesting states … not considered to be in play."
Both Bush and his Democratic opponent, John Kerry, are scheduled to campaign in Michigan before Election Day on Nov. 2, and both campaigns are still throwing advertising dollars into the state.
According to ABC News' political unit, 11 states, including Michigan, still appear to be "battleground" states. They are Florida, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Colorado, Iowa, Nevada, New Mexico and New Hampshire.
Bush says he has no intention of slowing down his sprint through the most contested states before the finish.
"The only thing that I know is to keep campaigning and working hard and telling people what I believe and where I'm gonna lead the country," he says. "I love to get out and campaign. Yesterday in Florida we had a fantastic day, four stops and big crowds, and I like to tell people what's on my mind and what I'm gonna do."
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Bush saying he doesnt need Ohio or Florida to win doesnt sound like he thinks he's going to win them.
I'm not sure what the point of this article was. It's like typing up and printing up an article headlined "Bush Says 2+2=4". The author must think there's some interesting angle here but for the life of me I just can't figure out what it is.
Oooops. At the risk of being wrong again, maybe it was Kerry's home paper that recommended GW. :O)
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