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Byline: John Gibson, Carl Cameron, Molly Henneberg

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JOHN GIBSON, HOST: Hi, everybody. This is THE BIG STORY. I'm John Gibson. President Bush taking a break from debate preparations; the President heading to familiar territory making his 26th visit to the swing state of Ohio. Our Molly Henneberg is along for the ride. Let's go to her live now, West Chester, Ohio. Hi, Molly. MOLLY HENNEBERG, FOX NEWS CORRESPONDENT: Hi, John. This state is such a key battleground state that, as you say, George W, Bush has been here 26 times. Senator John Kerry's been here 17 times. They're battling it out for Ohio's 20 electoral votes. This is a state that George Bush won four years ago and a state now that both campaigns believe is crucial to their overall victory on November 2nd. President Bush is in the middle of a rally here in West Chester, Ohio, outside of Cincinnati. This is his last stop for the day before he heads back to his Crawford, Texas, ranch. He began today in Springfield, Ohio, and then took a bus tour here to West Chester. And he stopped along the way in Xenia, Ohio, to shake some hands and say a few words. While he is spending today campaigning, the Thursday debate is not far from his mind. He spent the week at his Texas ranch doing full debate practices with the podium, time limits and an opponent: New Hampshire Senator Judd Gregg standing in as John Kerry. The President told the crowd in Springfield, Ohio, earlier today it's been a little tough to prepare to debate Senator Kerry, quote, "Because he keeps changing his positions on the war on terror." (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

GEORGE W. BUSH (R), PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: He complained that we're not spending enough money to help in the reconstruction of Iraq, and now he's saying we're spending too much. He said it was the right decision to go into Iraq, now he calls it the wrong war. Probably could spend 90 minutes debating himself. (END VIDEO CLIP)…