GENE RANDALL, CNN ANCHOR: Fresh from his Republican convention, presidential candidate George W. Bush is on a whistlestop campaign trip through the battleground states of the Midwest. At this moment, he is in Durand, Michigan, and we go there live.</s>GOV. GEORGE W. BUSH (R-TX), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Thank you very much. Thank you all for coming. What a fantastic crowd on a beautiful day. We are honored to be here. (OFF-MIKE) Durand, Michigan, guess what this crowd tells us? That come November with your hard work, we are going to carry the great state of Michigan.</s>CROWD: No.</s>BUSH: ... after the Congress worked hard to send this signal to America: Marriage is important. Let us make -- let us make the code more fair to married people. The Clinton-Gore administration vetoed the bill. We don't think it is right that a man and woman who are married pay more taxes than if they were single people; that's not right. It sends the wrong signal in America, and yet my opponent showed us where he stands. Instead of standing on the side of families, he stands on the side of big government. Had I had been president of the United States, I would have signed that bill.</s>RANDALL: Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush on a whistlestop tour of battleground states in the Midwest, with a speech at this hour in Durand, Michigan.
Bush Speaks in Michigan on Whistlestop Campaign Trip Through Midwest Battleground States