To:
Interested Parties
From:
Bush-Cheney '04 Communications
Date:
9/3/04
Re:
Bush-Cheney '04 Announces Post Convention "Opportunity
Tour"
President Bush is
embarking on a post-Convention eight day, six state, 16-stop tour to
rally support for his plan for a safer world and more hopeful America. Last night, the President laid out his vision
for the next four years. On his first
stops, the President will ride the wave of momentum coming out of the
convention in New York
and the release of his "Agenda for America."
The campaign's top
surrogates will also travel throughout the nation over the next week,
spreading the President's vision of a safer world and a more hopeful America. Senators Frist, McCain and Dole, Speaker
Hastert and Governor Owens will barnstorm through a number of
battleground states. There
will also be events across the country featuring heroic veterans
supporting the President, including former Marine Corps Commandant Gen.
P.X. Kelley and multiple Medal of Honor recipients.
On Saturday, the
President will highlight "Opportunity Zones"-- a proposal he introduced
in his convention remarks to help areas particularly challenged by the
changing economy. At an "Ask President
Bush" event in Cleveland,
the President will highlight policies designed to help small businesses
and workers. In Cleveland,
the President will also recognize a self-employed individual with an
HSA and a family benefiting from lower taxes. Later,
the President will rally supporters in Lake County,
Ohio, and Erie,
Pennsylvania.
On Sunday, the
President will launch a "Jobs and Opportunity"
tour in Parkersburg, West
Virginia. On
Monday, the President will visit Poplar Bluffs, Missouri,
and focus on his small business agenda. On Tuesday, the President will
push his new policies and discuss the importance of spreading
prosperity to all corners of America
during a three-stop bus tour that will swing through Kansas
City, Missouri, Sedalia,
Missouri, and Jefferson
City, Missouri.
On Thursday in
suburban Philadelphia,
the President will deliver a speech addressing his proposals for
strengthening the economy and ensuring that opportunity reaches all
Americans before finishing the day rallying supporters in Westmoreland,
Pennsylvania. On
Friday, he will round out the tour through America's
Heartland with a bus tour from Huntington,
West Virginia, to Portsmouth
and Chillicothe, Ohio.
The Vice President
started his post-convention push for the President's agenda on the West
Coast, beginning with remarks today in Pendleton,
Oregon, and Las
Vegas, Nevada. He'll be joined by Senator John McCain on
Saturday at a rally in Roswell, New
Mexico, then head to Columbus,
Georgia, for an
official event.
On Monday, the Vice
President will visit the Minnesota State Fair--one of the largest in
the country--before heading to a Victory event in Mason
City, Iowa.
No Republican presidential candidate has won Minnesota
since 1972 and no Republican presidential candidate has won Iowa
since 1984, but the race in both states is within the margin of error
today.
On Tuesday, the Vice
President will attend a morning event in Des
Moines before heading to a Bush-Cheney rally in New
Hampshire and a Victory fundraiser in Boston.
On Wednesday, the
Vice President returns to Washington
before heading to Ohio
and Wisconsin on
Thursday and Friday.
Mrs. Bush's campaign
schedule next week will take her to the Upper Midwest
and New England. On
Thursday, she will deliver remarks at a small business in Saginaw,
Michigan, then head to Duluth,
Minnesota, for a Victory rally later
in the day before attending a Victory dinner in St.
Paul that evening. On
Friday, she will be in Lewiston, Maine,
for a "W Stands For Women" event and in Manchester,
New Hampshire, for a Victory event.