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12-29-2003, 06:33 AM
By JIM RUTENBERG
New York Times.com
December 29, 2003
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — President Bush's campaign officials mostly avoid television programs like "Hardball With Chris Matthews," "Inside Politics" or "Face the Nation."
There will be a time for politics, they say.
But on one recent Thursday, Terry Holt, Mr. Bush's campaign press secretary, called in to "The Marc Bernier Show," at 1150 and 1490 on the AM dial here, to talk extensively about how the president wanted to help orange growers and would not be satisfied until "every American who wants a job can have a job."
It was one of several telephone visits Mr. Holt made to radio stations in the past few weeks, though he has not appeared on a national television program since he started his job in early November.
While the Bush campaign maintains a low profile on the national campaign stage — content for now to watch the Democrats beat on one another — it is aggressively working the expansive hustings of Republican-friendly talk radio, priming the grass roots faithful for battle next year.
Mr. Bernier's program is part of a network of conservative-minded local radio shows in politically important states on which campaign officials are heard daily, programs like "Mid-Day With Charlie Sykes" in Milwaukee, "The Martha Zoller Show" in Atlanta and "The Jerry Bowyer Program" in Pittsburgh.
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/29/politics/campaigns/29RADI.html?th=&pagewanted=print&position=" target="_blank">"They wanted to get their voice out, and I got to interview Karl Rove and Andy Card," said Phil Valentine, a conservative radio host in Nashville. "It shows people like me that we're on the radar screen and they care about us. That makes a big difference."
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New York Times.com
December 29, 2003
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — President Bush's campaign officials mostly avoid television programs like "Hardball With Chris Matthews," "Inside Politics" or "Face the Nation."
There will be a time for politics, they say.
But on one recent Thursday, Terry Holt, Mr. Bush's campaign press secretary, called in to "The Marc Bernier Show," at 1150 and 1490 on the AM dial here, to talk extensively about how the president wanted to help orange growers and would not be satisfied until "every American who wants a job can have a job."
It was one of several telephone visits Mr. Holt made to radio stations in the past few weeks, though he has not appeared on a national television program since he started his job in early November.
While the Bush campaign maintains a low profile on the national campaign stage — content for now to watch the Democrats beat on one another — it is aggressively working the expansive hustings of Republican-friendly talk radio, priming the grass roots faithful for battle next year.
Mr. Bernier's program is part of a network of conservative-minded local radio shows in politically important states on which campaign officials are heard daily, programs like "Mid-Day With Charlie Sykes" in Milwaukee, "The Martha Zoller Show" in Atlanta and "The Jerry Bowyer Program" in Pittsburgh.
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/29/politics/campaigns/29RADI.html?th=&pagewanted=print&position=" target="_blank">"They wanted to get their voice out, and I got to interview Karl Rove and Andy Card," said Phil Valentine, a conservative radio host in Nashville. "It shows people like me that we're on the radar screen and they care about us. That makes a big difference."
</a>
http://www.gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/twothumbsup.gif IMO, a smart move. http://www.gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/yes.gif