(CNN) — Kicking off the post-Fourth of July campaign stretch, John McCain will spend a week focusing on the economy with a series of events in key fall battleground states in his first tour organized by his new campaign team.
The presumptive Republican nominee will set the stage Monday with the unveiling of his jobs-first economic plan in Colorado.
On Tuesday, McCain returns to Washington to address the 79th Annual LULAC Convention – his latest attempt to reach out to the Hispanic community in the wake of new surveys that suggest his Democratic rival may hold the edge among that key voting bloc. Barack Obama will also address the gathering that day.
On Wednesday, the focus is energy and jobs: McCain travels to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to highlight his Lexington Project energy plan which calls for an increase in domestic oil production, including a call for a lifting of the ban on drilling in ANWR. He then heads to Portsmouth, Ohio for a town hall meeting.
Thursday the Arizona senator hits another battleground state, holding a town hall on jobs in Belleville, Michigan, with a special focus on small businesses. That evening, he will speak to voters in the newly-competitive fall swing state of Virginia via a long-distance "tele-town hall."
McCain will wrap up his economic tour Friday in one final swing state, with plans to hold a town hall aimed at women voters in Hudson, Wisconsin.
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