It was recently reported that Reverend Wright will be publishing a book in October and going on a book tour. CNN has learned from Wright’s daughter that this is not correct.
What a relief!
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The Barack Obama campaign gave a prime speaking spot to Ohio Governor Ted Strickland on Tuesday night. Naturally, Ohio is a battleground state, and according to Strickland, the Obama team knows what they’re doing.
Strickland said he told Obama campaign leaders in Chicago that there are two ways to run statewide in Ohio: the Kerry strategy, focused on the metropolitan areas, or the “Strickland-Brown” strategy of focusing on all parts of Ohio, specifically suburban cities and counties as well as the rural areas.
“I believe the fact that the Obama campaign has already deployed the field staff they have, and the fact that every part of this state is being targeted, means that Senator Obama will not repeat the Kerry mistake,” Strickland said. “I have never seen a presidential campaign in Ohio come anywhere close to where this campaign is, organizationally and in terms of having actual man and woman power in the field.”
To reach out to rural and suburban areas, the Obama campaign is recruiting “neighborhood team leaders” to build networks of local volunteers to persuade voters on face-to-face, instead of relying on television advertisements alone. There is one leader for each of the designated 1,200 neighborhoods in Ohio, which contains 5 to 10 precincts, according to Pickrell.
First, the team leader assembles a neighborhood volunteers and then sends them to knock and call on homes to persuade voters. Pickrell said this operation is the heart of the Ohio campaign.
“This is really the crux of it,” Pickrell said. “The neighbor to neighbor approach is exactly the way we need to go about it here to win.”
Pickrell said office openings in far-flung areas have attracted great enthusiasm from locals, like the 300 who turned out in Lima for the Obama office opening.
For all of the enthusiasm, Strickland said Obama won’t win every county, but that isn’t the absolute goal.
“I want to be candid with you,” Strickland said. “Is Senator Obama going to win every county? Is he going to win every region? Probably not, but in some of these heavily Republican counties, we can go from 29 percent to perhaps 38 percent. And in some counties we can go from 38 percent to 44 percent. So I’m confident that the strategy that’s being followed here will be effective because it’s going to be an attempt to reach every voter in every part of Ohio.”
It’s so refreshing to see a Democratic campaign for President that actually gets it. Some have criticized the Obama campaign for using resources in long-shot states like Georgia and Montana, but it’s clear they are not neglecting the swing states.
This interesting news comes courtesy of the Wall Street Journal editorial page:
The underreported economic news of the week is that Barack Obama favors a stronger dollar. Even better, he thinks a stronger greenback would help to reduce oil prices.
That at least is what the Democratic Presidential candidate told a town hall forum in Parma, Ohio, on Tuesday. “If we had a strengthening of the dollar, that would help” reduce fuel costs, he said, according to a Reuters dispatch ignored by most of the media.
Barack Obama won’t get many cheers from the Wall Street Journal, but he’s completely right about the dollar. Frankly, I’m surprised he hasn’t stressed the dollar issue more. It’s hard to think of a more powerful symbol of American decline under George W. Bush than the destructive and embarassing devaluation of the dollar.
The value of the dollar and the turmoil in the Middle East are two important factors in the rise in oil prices. Yes, increased demand is also part of the problem, but everything costs more if the dollar declines in value, the the sabre rattling with respect to Iran and the fiasco in Iraq have also driven up prices.
Now we have some Republicans crowing that oil is down to $120 per barrel now that they are talking about drilling. That’s beyond ridiculous. The bubble in oil occured under the “watch” of a Republican president who promised to control oil prices.
Obama needs to pound this theme of the value of the dollar. It’s the easiest way to explain why we need a change.
The media hit a new low last week when Dana Milbank of the Washington Post reported a Barack Obama quote from a second-hand source which portrayed Obama as a self-absorbed fool who has become completely full of himself. Unfortunately, the quote was taken completely out of context, as Obama was answering a question about the big crowds and explaining it wasn’t about him at all. It was actually a humble statement.
Naturally, before the entire quote was finally reported, the media went crazy. The “arrogance” theme became the talking point of the day on every cable channel. Anyone who thinks MSNBC is in the tank for Obama needs to watch this video from Talking Points Memo.
It’s hard to find a better example of what’s wrong with cable news. They need to fill 24 hours each day, and they need to keep this race interesting to keep the lofty ratings they generated during the Obama/Clinton battles. They’s jump on anything to create a storyline for the day. It’s pathetic.
MSNBC is reporting that Bill Clinton will speak on Wednesday night at the Democtratic convention, the same night that the Vice Presidential pick will speak.
The media is having a field day talking up the “rift” between Obama and the Clintons. Naturally, the Clintons can’t do anything without a heavy dose of drama, but as usual this is all overblown.
I would have been shocked if Bill Clinton wasn’t asked to speak at the convention, so this is not a surprise. Of course, it should have happened sooner, and we have no idea if this is the fault of the Clintons or the Obama campaign.
In any event, expect great speeches from both Bill and Hillary, which will be a big boost for Obama.
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