5-4-2004 Bush Takes on Kerry in Ohio Campaign Stop
As evidence of the hard-scrabble battle for Ohio, Kerry's campaign quickly shot back. "If President Bush wants to talk about foreign policy, he should explain what he's doing to restore America's lost credibility in the world and what his plan is for keeping U.S. troops safe from being shot at in Iraq," the campaign said. "His ridiculous attacks wont help the 8.3 million people who are out of work find jobs, and they don't explain why he has no policy for stabilizing Iraq."
Ohio's unemployment rate has risen from 3.9 percent to 5.7 percent since Bush took office. More than 222,000 jobs have been lost in the state where the manufacturing sector is shrinking. Ohio Gov. Bob Taft, head of the Republican Governors Association, is cutting the state budget because he doesn't anticipate growth in the state's income tax.
Another aim of the bus trip is to energize the Republican base and rev up a network of volunteers charged with getting out the vote in November.
The campaign has had staff in Ohio since Jan. 1. So far, it has recruited 24,000 volunteers and has held 33 training sessions for 3,000 of them, according to Scott Stanzel, a campaign spokesman. Of the 5,200 "parties for the president" held across the nation last Thursday to bolster support, 453 were held in Ohio ? the largest number in any state, he said.
As evidence of the hard-scrabble battle for Ohio, Kerry's campaign quickly shot back. "If President Bush wants to talk about foreign policy, he should explain what he's doing to restore America's lost credibility in the world and what his plan is for keeping U.S. troops safe from being shot at in Iraq," the campaign said. "His ridiculous attacks wont help the 8.3 million people who are out of work find jobs, and they don't explain why he has no policy for stabilizing Iraq."
Ohio's unemployment rate has risen from 3.9 percent to 5.7 percent since Bush took office. More than 222,000 jobs have been lost in the state where the manufacturing sector is shrinking. Ohio Gov. Bob Taft, head of the Republican Governors Association, is cutting the state budget because he doesn't anticipate growth in the state's income tax.
Another aim of the bus trip is to energize the Republican base and rev up a network of volunteers charged with getting out the vote in November.
The campaign has had staff in Ohio since Jan. 1. So far, it has recruited 24,000 volunteers and has held 33 training sessions for 3,000 of them, according to Scott Stanzel, a campaign spokesman. Of the 5,200 "parties for the president" held across the nation last Thursday to bolster support, 453 were held in Ohio ? the largest number in any state, he said.
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