http://apnews.excite.com/article/20061106/D8L790IO3.htmlBush Stumps in Red States to Save House
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Nov 5, 8:30 PM (ET)
By LIZ SIDOTI
WASHINGTON (AP) - House control at stake, President Bush campaigned Sunday in endangered Republican districts across GOP-friendly middle America. Rep. Nancy Pelosi, hoping to become the first female speaker, stumped for Democratic challengers in the left-leaning Northeast.
"Here's the way I see it," Bush told a crowd inside an auditorium in Grand Island, Neb. "If the Democrats are so good about being the party of the opposition, let's just keep them in the opposition." Republicans are hoping their party's acclaimed get-out-the-vote operation can prevent a Democratic rout in a campaign marked by voter fury over the Iraq war.
Pelosi, D-Calif., was cautiously optimistic about her party's chances Tuesday. "We are thankful for where we are today, to be poised for success," she said in Colchester, Conn. "But we have two Mount Everests we have to climb - they are called Monday and Tuesday."
President Bush, center, Senate hopeful Pete Ricketts, left, and 3rd Dist Congressional candidate Adrian Smith wave after a rally Sunday, Nov 5, 2006, in Grand Island, Neb. (AP Photo/Dave Weaver)
Her party appears increasingly confident it can ride a wave of public disenchantment with the administration's policies to victory in the House and, possibly, the Senate.
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