Arizona Sen. John McCain said he will spend a lot of time in Wisconsin — including Madison — in his quest for the presidency over the coming months.
In an interview Thursday with the State Journal, the presumptive Republican nominee recalled being greeted by protesters the last time he visited Madison but said a trip here would be in keeping with campaign stops in other traditionally Democratic strongholds such as New Orleans and Youngstown, Ohio.
"We're going to areas Republicans don't usually go to," he said.
He added that the state Capitol is "awesomely beautiful" and that the protesters treated him well.The last time a Republican presidential nominee campaigned in Madison was in 1996, when former Kansas Sen. Bob Dole made a brief airport stop, said a state GOP spokeswoman.
McCain wouldn't say whether he thought he had to win Wisconsin's 10 electoral votes to defeat the Democratic nominee. But he said Wisconsin will be one of a handful of key states in the campaign.
"Wisconsin, I think, will easily be one of those swing states that will determine the presidency and we intend to come back here a lot," McCain said.
Like former President Reagan, McCain said he will appeal to conservative Democrats in the state in addition to Republicans.
McCain declined to say which Democrat, Illinois Sen. Barack Obama or New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, would pose a tougher challenge here in the fall.
Obama convincingly won the Wisconsin primary in February, but he and Clinton are locked in a tough battle for the Democratic nomination, with Obama having amassed the most delegates so far. The outcome may hinge on whether delegates from Florida and Michigan will be seated at the nominating convention in August.
http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/local/288864Looking forward to it, Senator BombBomb- the protesters will be out in full force!
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