From the WaPo's White House Briefing today:
Vice President Cheney speaks at campaign rallies in Yakima, Wash., and Central Point, Ore., today. On Saturday, he speaks at a Disabled American Veterans convention in Reno, Nev., and then at campaign rallies in Tucson, Ariz., and Rio Rancho, N.M.Jeff Jones writes in the Albuquerque Journal: "Some would-be spectators hoping to attend Vice President Dick Cheney's rally in Rio Rancho this weekend walked out of a Republican campaign office miffed and ticketless Thursday after getting this news:
"Unless you sign an endorsement for President George W. Bush, you're not getting any passes."
Jones writes that Republicans said they were trying to thwart Democratic operatives, but that "some who left the office . . . without tickets on Thursday said they're not affiliated with an operative group and should have a right to see their vice president without pledging their allegiance to Bush."
Noted without further comment, except that I recommend you read the entire article from Albuquerque.
Posted by Linkmeister at July 30, 2004 05:17 PMCheney is visiting incredibly unimportant..well politically unimportant...places...what's with that? Are the republicans hiding him out of reach? Has he been sent to purgatory?
Posted by: Karan at July 30, 2004 08:57 PMActually, I think Nevada and New Mexico are "in play," as they say. The Northwest I wonder about, unless they're hoping Washington and Oregon throw a bunch of votes to Nader, so the Republicans can steal one if they show the flag up there.
Posted by: Linkmeister at July 30, 2004 09:03 PMyes, it gives me the creeps knowing that you have to sign information about yourself in order to see Cheney...
And, the Republicans want Church roster names..
nothing is private anymore..
It is like we are all on a Reality TV show-but in this case, we already know whom the winner will be....