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<p>President Bush is expected to discuss job training and the economy during a visit to El Dorado, Ark., today.</p> <p>Bush is scheduled to speak at 11 a.m. in the South Arkansas Community College Gym.</p> <p>Mark Smith, an El Dorado businessman and former state representative who is working with the Bush advance team, said the president's visit is the talk of this city of 21,500.</p>

<p>BATON ROUGE - Just because the Republican Party has lost some hard-fought ground in recent elections is no reason to nail shut the coffin on the current state leadership, says Pat Brister, the state GOP chairman.</p> <p>But that's what a member of the opposition branch of the party wants.</p>