Tucson, Arizona Published: 07.04.2008
President Bush will visit Tucson this month to host a fundraiser for Republican congressional candidate Tim Bee, but Bee's campaign and the White House are staying quiet about the event.
An invitation prepared by the Bee campaign says the morning event will be held on July 18, marking Bush's fourth visit to Tucson and his first since late 2005.
Talk has been running through political circles for several weeks that Bush would be paying a visit for Bee, and as the invitation circulated Thursday, both sides speculated on how the visit by an unpopular president — though one who has proved himself to be a prolific fundraiser — might affect Bee's chances in one of the nation's most-watched congressional races.
Tom Dunn, Bee's campaign spokesman, said Thursday that he could not confirm or deny that the event was planned. A White House spokesman said the president's schedule for the week had not been released, and he also could not confirm the event.
Bee, president of the state Senate, is running for the U.S. House against first-term Democratic incumbent Gabrielle Giffords in Congressional District 8, which covers much of the Tucson area, as well as Southeastern Arizona.
According to the invitation, a breakfast will be hosted by auto dealer Jim Click and former National Rifle Association President Sandy Froman, among others, and will take place at the Foothills home of Jackie and William Bell.
The invitation doesn't include a price for the fundraiser, but it says the money will be divided among the Bee campaign, the Pima County Republican Party, the National Republican Congressional Committee and the Republican National Committee.
Bush's last visit to Arizona was in May in Phoenix to raise funds for Sen. John McCain, the presumptive GOP presidential nominee.
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NOTE: There will be a HUGE announcement following this event and its' going to blow the "doors" off this race.....STAY TUNED!!!
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