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    McCain-Palin ticket plan Friday stop at airport in Blaine

    By Doug Grow | Published Mon, Sep 15 2008 2:38 pm

    John McCain is expected to be accompanied Friday by his drawing card — and running mate — Sarah Palin,  at a "Road to Victory'' rally at the Key Hangar of the Anoka County Airport in Blaine Friday.  Free tickets for the noon event are available online here or at any of McCain's nine Minnesota headquarters.

    Crowds for McCain rallies have been substantially higher when he's accompanied by Palin. For example, although Fox News reported that McCain spoke to a packed house at a morning rally today at the Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Fla., bloggers at the event said that the 16,000-seat arena was more than half empty.

    McCain is expected to be joined by Palin for a rally in Ohio on Wednesday. The two also will campaign together in Michigan and Iowa before coming to Minnesota.

    Meantime, no word on when, or if, either half of the Obama-Biden ticket will make a Minnesota appearance soon.

    Nick Kimball, spokesman for Obama's Minnesota campaign, said the campaign makes its schedules only "three or four days out.'' But he also said that Minnesota is a "must-win'' state for Obama, meaning at least one visit is almost a certainty, based on Sunday's Star Tribune poll that showed Obama and McCain running even in Minnesota.

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