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McCain to visit Arkansas college Thursday, Apr 24, 2008 By John Lyon Arkansas News Bureau LITTLE ROCK - Presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain will speak to a college class as part of his visit to Friday to Arkansas' capital city, his campaign announced Wednesday. The Arizona senator is scheduled to speak to students at Arkansas Baptist College on Friday afternoon following a noon fundraising luncheon at the Capital Hotel. He will address and have a conversation with students in a mentorship program at the historically black college, campaign spokesman Jeff Sadosky said. The luncheon is hosted by former Gov. Mike Huckabee, who dropped out of the race for the Republican presidential nomination last month, and former Congressman and failed GOP gubernatorial candidate Asa Hutchinson. The cost to attend will range from $250 per person to $2,300, which will include a photo opportunity with McCain at a reception preceding the luncheon. The senator is not scheduled to appear at any events open to the general public in Arkansas, Sadosky said. Little Rock will be the final stop on McCain's weeklong "It's Time for Action" tour. McCain has been visiting areas with large populations of blacks, laid-off factory workers and people living in poverty - areas McCain has called the forgotten parts of America. "While the country as a whole has made economic progress (and) has made educational progress, there are areas of Little Rock in Arkansas that have too often been ignored," Sadosky said. McCain is scheduled to tour sections of New Orleans devastated by Hurricane Katrina today. Earlier in the week, he visited Alabama, Ohio and Kentucky. |
