AP: Bush says he'll stay out of Connecticut Senate race

[Eugene]

Bush says he'll stay out of Connecticut Senate race

Associated Press

Published August 21 2006

WASHINGTON -- President Bush said Monday he'll stay out of the Connecticut Senate
race, widely seen as a referendum on the war in Iraq.

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Lieberman is now running as an independent, and national Republicans have declined
to back Alan Schlesinger, the Republican candidate in the race. He drew support
from 4 percent of likely voters in a Quinnipiac University poll released last week,
compared with 53 percent for Lieberman and 41 percent for Lamont.

"I'm going to stay out of Connecticut," Bush said at a news conference Monday.

When a reporter reminded him that he was born in Connecticut, Bush grinned and said,
"Shhhhhh."

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Full article: http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/local/state/hc-21115834.apds.m0448.bc-ct--connaug21,0,4037879.story

...but that hasn't stopped Karl Rove or Dick Cheney.