The place is a mess, and not just because it was a battleground last year.

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Underscoring the Bush campaign's confidence, the pre-convention tour he's launching Friday will take him through six states that Clinton carried in each of the last two elections, including battleground behemoths Ohio and Pennsylvania.

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But in the end, this election, like many, could come down to that last few thousand votes in a single battleground state.

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