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July 09, 2004
| Bush Campaigning in Small-Town Pennsylvania

Playing to his strength, President Bush is campaigning in the small-town Republican heart of Pennsylvania.

His campaigning is aimed at turning out supporters from the heavily Republican center of the state to offset Democratic votes in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.

In his first stop Friday, Bush addresses the war on terrorism and the economy in remarks to 2,800 supporters on a college campus in Kutztown, Pa., before heading by bus to the small cities of Lancaster and York.

Stopping in Kutztown is a smart political move for Bush because it is in three media markets including Philadelphia, and Bush must do well in November in four counties outside Philadelphia in order to win the state, said G. Terry Madonna, who runs the Center for Politics and Public Affairs at Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster.

Pennsylvania has lost more than 150,000 manufacturing jobs since Bush took office and his bus tour far from problem-plagued industrial regions will focus on the party faithful. A poll by the Pennsylvania Economy League says concern over the economy is a major issue in the state.

Jenna Bush will also be joining the President for her first campaign trip.



Posted by Nathan Hamm at July 9, 2004 09:20 AM | TrackBack
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