President, first lady work the campaign money circuit

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http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/11/10/elec04.prez.bush.campaign.ap/index.html

President Bush and his wife, Laura, are splitting up re-election campaign duties, each appearing at a pair of fund-raisers -- his in the South and hers in the Northeast.

Sandwiched around the four events Monday were two speeches -- his on the economy at a BMW auto plant in Greer, South Carolina, hers in Portland, Maine, about preserving America's culture and history.

Bush's 2004 re-election campaign has raised more than $90 million, well on its way to a goal of $170 million -- a sum that can only be used for the primary season, in which he is unopposed for the Republican nomination.

The president's first fund-raiser was at the Statehouse Convention Center in downtown Little Rock, Arkansas. His visit to Arkansas comes just days after reports of lagging state revenue collections and the highest state jobless rate in 10 years signal a sluggish state economic recovery.