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Last week, we wrote that Pres. Bush would visit Pottstown in PA's 17th congressional district.
We were off our rockers.
Pottsville is in PA's 17th district. But Pottstown is in PA's 6th, which makes the narrative we tried to imply -- Bush visits a "safe" (for him) district -- inoperative.
A White House official says the trip to PA has been planned for a month.
Bush will visit the Limerick nuclear power plant.
Pottstown is in Montgomery Co., about 45 miles NW of Philly, and is represented by Rep. Jim Gerlach (R). The Almanac of American Politics says that Montgomery is where Dem Lois Murphy, Gerlach's one and present opponent, performs the strongest. John Kerry won the 6th by several percentage points and during the last congressional midterm, Gov. Ed Rendell bested his opponent by a 2-to-1 margin.
Bush also makes a stop in downtown Philaldephia to raise money for Gerlach and other PA congressional candidates. That event is closed to the press.
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