{"id":2342,"date":"2012-11-01T12:01:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-01T12:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/?p=2342"},"modified":"2015-01-08T17:00:01","modified_gmt":"2015-01-08T22:00:01","slug":"santorum-bush-and-specter-in-pittsburgh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2012\/11\/01\/santorum-bush-and-specter-in-pittsburgh\/","title":{"rendered":"Santorum, Bush and Specter in Pittsburgh"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(Photo by\u00a0John Beale, Post-Gazette) <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

Apr. 19, 2004:\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>Senators Rick Santorum, left,\u00a0Arlen Specter, right, and\u00a0President George W. Bush raise their hands together before a speech by Bush at the David Lawrence Convention Center, Downtown Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n

“On his 27th visit to Pennsylvania, a crucial state for his re-election hopes, President Bush sought votes\u00a0for himself\u00a0and for U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter in his renomination battle against conservative U.S. Rep. Pat Toomey.”<\/p>\n

Specter, who traveled to Pittsburgh with Bush on Air Force One along with U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum, basked in the presidential praise. \u201cThe image of the three of them, arms linked before the cheering crowd, is certain to become familiar to the state\u2019s television viewers between now and now and next week\u2019s primary.\u201d<\/p>\n

“I appreciate my friendship with Arlen Specter,” the president said. “He\u2019s been a friend for quite a while. I\u2019m proud to campaign for him.” He then added, “He\u2019s a bit independent-minded sometime. But there\u2019s nothing wrong with that.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Specter, who traveled to Pittsburgh with Bush on Air Force One along with U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum, basked in the presidential praise.<\/p>\n

Look at the picturesSantorum, Bush and Specter in Pittsburgh<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2343,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[948],"tags":[966,972,1037],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/tumblr_mcs79rSNhy1rr5swxo1_1280-e1418792040617.jpg?fit=1270%2C624&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":785,"url":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2014\/04\/09\/monongahela-oil-spill\/","url_meta":{"origin":2342,"position":0},"title":"The 1988 Monongahela oil spill","date":"April 9, 2014","format":"gallery","excerpt":"It was the second largest oil spill in the history of Western Pennsylvania.","rel":"","context":"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/tumblr_n3qbrkXWec1rr5swxo3_1280.jpg?fit=1200%2C829&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":9066,"url":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2018\/08\/27\/in-pittsburgh-john-mccain-finally-says-the-e-word\/","url_meta":{"origin":2342,"position":1},"title":"In Pittsburgh, John McCain finally says the ‘e-word’","date":"August 27, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"John McCain suspended his 2000 presidential campaign in March, but two months later he still hadn't said the magic word -- \"endorse.\" The Republican senator from Arizona dropped out after a series of primary defeats left him little hope of catching Texas Gov. 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