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Friday, November 4, 2005

Candidates rally troops for election

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President Bush will join Republican Jerry W. Kilgore on the campaign trail for an eleventh-hour rally leading to the Virginia gubernatorial election Tuesday.

"The president continues to be a favorite in Virginia, and we're excited that he's coming," Mr. Kilgore told The Washington Times at a rally yesterday in Lynchburg, Va.

Nationwide polls released yesterday by the Associated Press showed Mr. Bush with a 37 percent approval rating. But the president has a better rating in Virginia, where a Rasmussen Reports poll of 1,000 voters taken Wednesday showed him with a 53 percent approval rating.

The president's popularity is important for Mr. Kilgore, who agrees with Mr. Bush on most issues and who last year served as his state re-election chairman.

Some Kilgore supporters fear that problems within the national party are a "headwind" that could hurt state Republicans on Election Day.

The rally with Mr. Bush is scheduled for Monday night at the Richmond International Airport, and it follows sharp criticism over Mr. Kilgore not attending Mr. Bush's terrorism speech last week in Hampton Roads.

Conservative critics said Mr. Kilgore snubbed the president during a tough time when he was taking heat about his choice of Harriet Miers for the Supreme Court and White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby was expected to be indicted.

Mr. Kilgore told critics he was not trying to distance himself from the president. He said he did not attend because the speech was about policy, not politics.

He reiterated the point yesterday in Lynchburg after a get-out-the-vote rally at the Radisson Hotel, which attracted about 125 supporters.

"He's a big draw because he is our commander in chief," Mr. Kilgore said. "He's always been popular in Virginia. I am glad he's coming. He's our president. He's our leader."

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