Bush Portrayed as Underdog
From Associated Press
WASHINGTON —
President Bush’s reelection campaign -- expected to dwarf Democratic hopefuls by raising $200 million for the primaries -- is portraying Bush as an underdog.
“Democrats and their allies will have more money to spend attacking the president during the nomination battle than we will have to defend him,” chairman Marc Racicot wrote.
Bush has set several fund-raising records, including the most collected for a presidential primary campaign, and the most raised at a single event.
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