Once he was elected governor of Texas, Bush insisted, he realized he was governor for everyone, even those who didn't vote for him. He promised to keep his focus on that realization should he capture the White House. Bush asked crowd members to raise their hands if they met the criteria for Gore's planned middle class tax cuts. Then you get tax relief. The statement was met with a standing ovation.
Polls show the race between the two is tight in the state.
Later, upon setting foot in Tennessee, Bush said he thought he had a good chance of thumping Gore on his home turf. Polls in the Volunteer State show the presidential race is surprisingly close there. Come November 7, Tennessee is going to be Bush country. No big government, Gore promises Speaking in Little Rock on Tuesday, the vice president refuted Bush's regular assertion that his economic plan would balloon the size of the federal government, saying as president he would add not one new position to the federal bureaucracy. Bush has often insisted that Gore's economic and tax plans would build new layers of federal government middle management, and the Bush campaign has worked feverishly to paint Gore as a stereotypical, big-spending liberal.