CAMPAIGN 2012
Long, Winding Roads: The Buses of GOP Campaigns -- PICTURES
Updated: December 30, 2011 | 11:24 a.m.
December 28, 2011 | 12:57 p.m.
It's no surprise that presidential campaigns are often on the road. In the blitz to visit early-voting states, GOP candidates have outfitted buses--or smaller vehicles--to haul across the country. In the gallery below, we take a look at some of the candidates' buses.
Newt Gingrich's campaign bus in Dubuque, Iowa.
PHOTO: AP Photo/Charles Dharapak
Mitt Romney's bus arrives at a campaign stop in Keene, N.H., on Dec. 21, 2011.
PHOTO: AP Photo/Matthew Cavanaugh
Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry walks to his bus after a campaign stop at the Glenn Miller Museum in Clarinda, Iowa, on Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011.
PHOTO: AP Photo/Charlie Riedel
In August, Perry was riding a different bus -- branded with the campaign slogan, "Get America Working Again."
PHOTO: CHARLES DHARAPAK/AP
GOP presidential candidate Jon Huntsman speaks as he gets into his vehicle after a tour of Andover Corp. in Salem, N.H., on Monday, Dec. 19, 2011.
PHOTO: ELISE AMENDOLA/AP
The reflection of GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul is seen as he steps back into his van while campaigning in Exeter, N.H., on Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011.
PHOTO: CHARLES KRUPA/AP
In a flurry of last-minute campaigning, Michele Bachmann took her bus on a tour of every county in Iowa; her travels ended days before the state caucuses.
PHOTO: BACHMANN FOR PRESIDENT/TWITTER
The GOP candidates aren't the only ones with tricked-out transportation. In August, President Obama took a three-day bus tour to discuss the economy.
PHOTO: CAROLYN KASTER/AP
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