Posted on 11/03/2006 12:00:01 AM PST by Aussie Dasher
BILLINGS, Mont. -- President Bush yesterday kicked off the last swing of his final political campaign, a five-day blitz in 10 states considered pivotal in Tuesday's congressional midterm elections.
Bent on whipping up the Republican base, the president, visiting only states he won in 2004, is putting his power into play -- showing he is neither abandoning close races nor giving up on embattled candidates.
"These are all races that are close," a senior administration official said aboard Air Force One. "This is about Republican turnout, and these are all close races where he can turn up the vote."
The president's first stop yesterday was Montana, where incumbent Republican Sen. Conrad Burns is in a statistical polling tie with Democrat Jon Tester. Mr. Burns has made a move in the past week, after trailing by as many as 10 points a couple of months ago.
Mr. Bush played up his Texas rancher status as he addressed a packed arena in a state that gave him 59 percent of the vote in 2004.
"It's good to be in a part of the world where the cowboy hats outnumber the ties," said the tieless Mr. Bush to laughter and applause. He used the same line hours later in Elko, Nev. In 2004, that state's rural voters strongly backed Mr. Bush, helping him carry Nevada by three percentage points.
"We don't need a lot of doublespeak in Washington. I think somebody who speaks plainly for the values of Montana is somebody you need to send back as your United States senator," he said in Billings.
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He was here in my neck of the woods today!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1731233/posts?page=15
I'm green with envy!
It was a heck of a day! :-)
Is this really a good sign, that W is campaigning in what are supposed to be Republican states?
If the big worry is people staying home, it has to be done.
It is a case of W boosting turnout which he does best.The MSM and people like Dobbs, Buchanan,Tancredo want to depress conservative turnout.
President Bush is a brilliant communicator and in my opinion does motivate Republicans, it is a case of driving the message home.
Remember the Republicans are defending this election. Bush is helping us retain control and to do that you have to hold your base.
If you look at the General election, you have to look at why the RATS always campaign in their own states. They have to defend their own turf before they can expand.
It is a good move.
this headline just sees inuendo-ish.
VOTE!
(because voting is sexy)
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