October 26, 2004
NICE COVERAGE FOR THE WEEKEND:
Governor going to Ohio to give boost to Bush: Schwarzenegger has close ties to the capital of the swing state. (Margaret Talev, October 26, 2004, Sacramento Bee)
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger heads east later this week for a tradition he began as an actor: stumping for the Bush family in the final days of the presidential race, in Columbus, Ohio, a city that's adopted him as a favorite son in a state that could help decide the election. [...]"It's going to be a ground war in this state, and that's why you bring a guy like Schwarzenegger," said Robert Adams, a political analyst at Wright State University in Dayton.
"He can get people excited and interested and maybe make a difference to Republicans," Adams said. "It can make a difference at the margins. But in a race like this, everything is at the margins."
As of Monday, the campaign had not released a formal schedule that included Schwarzenegger. But advisers familiar with the plans said Schwarzenegger likely would make one stop on behalf of Bush, in Columbus on Friday. The governor was expected immediately to return home to do his own campaigning, with a multicity bus tour scheduled for Saturday to promote his positions on policy measures on the California ballot.
They should have the President campaign with McCain, Guiliani, Miller & Koch too in these closing days. Posted by Orrin Judd at October 26, 2004 7:18 PM
"Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger heads east later this week for a tradition he began as an actor: stumping for the Bush family in the final days of the presidential race, in Columbus, Ohio, a city that's adopted him as a favorite son in a state that could help decide the election. [...]"
This sentence is incoherent. '[t]radition'??? Nonetheless, I hope that Ahnold boosts President Bush's chances in Ohio.
Gotta respect the Governator, though. Get him back to California. He is campaigning for some Republican Assembly candidates, etc.
God bless him in his labors.
Posted by: Fred Jacobsen (San Fran) at October 26, 2004 9:06 PMColumbus is the locale of a major national bodybuilding competition.
Posted by: Bart at October 26, 2004 10:05 PMI think a recent poll had Bush +8 in Florida. Without Ohio and Florida (and probably losing Wisconsin and Iowa among others) hard to see how Kerry wins.
Posted by: AWW at October 26, 2004 10:48 PMThe Bodybuilding competition is called the Arnold Classic. He has been doing for years here every year at the end of February. He also owns a major interest in a big shopping mall.
Posted by: Robert Schwartz at October 26, 2004 11:29 PMTony Snow was reported to have said on Fox News last night that the Kerry campaign is withdrawing from Florida. I would take that with a large grain of salt simply because Ohio and Florida are so important this election, but _if_ this is so, it really is all over but the shouting.
Posted by: Joe at October 27, 2004 5:12 AMJoe, I don't believe that in a minute. Kerry is not going to give up campaigning in Florida, Ohio or Pennsylvania, that is all he has.
Posted by: pchuck at October 27, 2004 9:40 AM