Bush's "roundtable" on economy at Harley plant in York PA closed to press

[Human Torch]

President Bush turns his focus to the economy in a hard-hit state that's crucial for his party this year. Yet in a reflection of the limits on his ability to boost Republican candidates, he sticks to events with little or no press coverage in GOP-friendly areas, rather than venturing into swing territory, and devotes his fundraising effort to the party's struggling gubernatorial nominee rather than to its handful of vulnerable members of Congress, some of whom have sought to distance themselves from Bush this year.

Bush stops in York, PA for a tour of the local Harley-Davidson plant at 2:25 pm and a closed-press roundtable on the economy at 2:50 pm. The factory is the company's largest facility, accounting for about half its workforce as well as 230 acres of land (there must a be a test track...). After the roundtable, he'll offer a statement on the economy. Bush then headlines a fundraiser for gubernatorial nominee Lynn Swann in Lancaster, PA at 5:30 pm. "Swanny" is the second African-American Republican gubernatorial nominee Bush is boosting in recent weeks. And like Ken Blackwell of Ohio, Swann's effort -- he's challenging Gov. Ed Rendell (D) -- is uphill. A new Quinnipiac poll shows Rendell leading Swann by 57%-38% among likely voters.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14301380/#Swan

[Virginia Dare]

1. The Chimp must really be coming unglued...

they are increasingly shutting the White House press down.

[MUAD_DIB]

3. Don't be so mean. Prezdent Monkeynuts just wants to know

if he gets to carve the pig again.

[acmejack]

4. He heard they had a whole building full of hogs

[ConcernedCanuk]

6. LOL - pig farm in Crawford - needed some stock!

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"So where are the pigs?" coulda been his first question.

Still thinking . . . .

"how much IS a Brazillion anyways?? - noone answered me on that one. "

[acmejack]

2. I rode up & took the tour years ago when I was in MD.

It had a lot of Parking lots, some grassy areas, but it sure didn't seem like 230 acres! There were a lot of people there, it was Harley's 75th Birthday. They were letting people test ride bikes, but they had to go off of the facility, so there must not have been a track, or perhaps they just wanted to let people get on to the road. Or maybe there was just a lot more of the plant than the tour covered.

edited to translate into english

[Supersedeas]

5. the rest of the public need not know what plans there are for cronies