Houston Chronicle: Candidates encroach on Bush

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Democratic hopefuls boldly hit Texas to stump

By JULIE MASON
Copyright 2003 Houston Chronicle

CRAWFORD -- Organizers of the Draft Wesley Clark for President movement are trying to rent office space in Crawford, on the theory it's becoming the national seat of power.

Their effort, which also includes sending Clark bars and T-shirts to White House adviser Karl Rove, is part of a mini-surge among Democratic presidential hopefuls and would-be contenders to take their fight directly to President Bush, wherever he may be, during his monthlong hiatus from Washington....

Bush, who built his ranch in Crawford in part to get away from it all, is increasingly finding his Texas solitude encroached upon by Democratic presidential campaigns and candidates, all intent on raising money and building support in the president's home state....

So far, Dean's campaign has proved the most adept at thumbing its nose at Bush in prankish, campaign-style ways. The Austin television ads were followed by a ploy last week, when organizers managed to park a colorful Dean-for-president van along the route of the president's motorcade when he traveled to Washington state.


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http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/2064462

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1. Repugs are irritable these days

it's just too damn tempting!!

[diamondsoul]

2. Now wouldn't it be cool

if all the campaigns did that together....sort of a "We're comin' to gitcha, Dubyah!" message from the whole of the Democratic party. That's a pretty neat one. :evilgrin: :kick:

[Lydia Leftcoast]

3. He needs to be "encroached"

right out of the White House. :-)