Obama and Biden to launch inaugural bus tour

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BILLINGS, Montana (AFP) — New Democratic running mates Barack Obama and Joseph Biden will head on their first joint campaign swing after this week's convention, a bus tour of battleground states, aides said Wednesday.

The candidates and their wives, Michelle Obama and Jill Biden, will fly from Denver to Pennsylvania Friday to kick off their "On the Road to Change" bus tour, according to a campaign statement.

The tour by the White House hopefuls will move on to Ohio Saturday and Michigan Sunday, two other rust-belt states that could prove pivotal to success in November's presidential election against Republican John McCain.

"Obama and Biden will meet with voters to discuss America's economic challenges and the Obama/Biden blueprint for change," the statement...

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