Wednesday, August 16, 2006
DAYAHEAD/Events making news today
  • President Bush heads to Pennsylvania today to talk up the economy and attend a fundraiser for GOP gubernatorial nominee Lynn Swann. Bush tours the Harley-Davidson Vehicle Operations in York at 2:25 p.m. ET. He then participates in a 2:50 p.m. ET roundtable on the economy at Harley-Davidson. Bush will deliver a statement at 3:50 p.m. ET from the plant. Bush then heads to Lancaster to attend the Swann fundraiser at 5:20 p.m. ET.

  • The Senate is in recess until September 5, 2006. The Senate Radio-Television Correspondents' Gallery Daybook.

  • The House is in recess until September 6. The House Radio-Television Correspondents' Gallery Daybook.

  • First lady Laura Bush attends a 10:30 a.m. ET fundraiser for Rep. Geoff Davis (R-Kentucky) in Lexington, Kentucky. At 1:10 p.m. ET, she attends a fundraising lunch for Sen. Mike DeWine (R-Ohio) in Kettering, Ohio. At 1:55 p.m. ET, Bush visits the Wright-Dunbar Village with Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio) and DeWine.

  • Sen. Joe Biden (D-Delaware), a potential presidential candidate, holds a 1 p.m. ET news conference with local labor and state officials sponsored by Wake Up Wal Mart in Des Moines. At 6:15 p.m. ET, he attends a fundraiser for state Rep. Kevin McCarthy (D) in Des Moines.

  • Vice President Dick Cheney makes remarks at a fundraiser for Sen. Conrad Burns (R-Montana) at 3:30 p.m. ET in Whitefish, Montana. He then heads to Boise, Idaho to attend a 7:30 p.m. ET fundraiser for GOP candidate Bill Sali in Boise, Idaho.

  • Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R), a potential presidential candidate, keynotes a fundraiser for GOP House candidate Ralph Norman at 12:30 p.m. ET and later gives a motivational speech at 3:30 p.m. ET in Greenville, South Carolina. He then heads to Charleston for a 7:30 p.m. ET fundraiser for the South Carolina Republican Party.

  • Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean holds a news conference "honoring Clarence Wolfguts, the last Code Talker" at 4:45 p.m. ET in Rapid City, South Dakota. At 10:30 p.m. ET, Dean and state Democratic Party Chair Judy Olson Duhamel hold a public reception in Rapid City.

  • Lynne Cheney participates in a 6 p.m. ET conversation with Walter Isaacson as part of the 2006 McCloskey Summer Speaker Series at the Aspen Institute in Aspen, Colorado.

  • Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R), a potential presidential candidate, campaigns for Rep. Jim Nussle (R), who is running for governor of Iowa. Romney later attends the Red, White and Blue fundraiser in Dubuque.

  • Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona), a potential presidential candidate, campaigns for state Rep. Doug Struyk and state House candidate Scott Belt in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He then headlines a luncheon fundraiser for the Louisiana Republican Party in Baton Rogue, Louisiana and then heads to Virginia to campaign for Sen. George Allen (R-Virginia), who is running for re-election. Allen is also eyeing a potential presidential bid.

  • Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kansas), a potential presidential candidate, attends a 7 p.m. ET campaign event in Vinton, Iowa for Connie Johnson, a GOP state House candidate.
  • Posted By Mark Preston, CNN Political Unit: 8/16/2006 09:28:00 AM ET | Permalink
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