DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: Want to take you live now to Daytona Beach, Florida, where Governor Bush of Texas is holding a campaign rally. Let's listen in.</s>GOV. GEORGE W. BUSH (R-TX), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: In less than two weeks, help is on the way. I am excited to be here with a fantastic patriot, named John McCain. He mentioned the primary, but what he didn't mention was he knocked me down in the snows a couple of times. A tough competitor, but I want you to know, because of our competition and because of the friendship, and because he put me through my paces, I am a better candidate as a result of John McCain. But more importantly, our country is a better country because of John McCain. I am proud to call him friend. Also on the stage with us today, we have got other patriots. We have got recipients of the Medal of Honor, men who served their country with distinction and men who understand that, should I be the president, should I be the commander-in-chief, should I be in charge, a promise made will be a</s>KAGAN: We've been listening to Texas Governor George W. Bush as he makes a stop on his one-day bus tour of the state of Florida. He is traveling with his brother Jeb, who happens to be governor of that state. This was once thought to be a state that would go strictly to George W. Bush. It has now become a battleground state between him and Vice President Al Gore. And speaking of the vice president, he, too, has a tough fight on his hands. He, today, will be in his home state of Tennessee. That should be coming our way, a speech there on education in the next hour. And you will see that live here on CNN.
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