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Obama Looks Ahead to the General Election
May 12, 2008 5:28 PM
ABC News' Sunlen Miller reports: Sen. Barack Obama will campaign in Missouri, Florida and Michigan over the next few weeks -- another sign that his campaign is already executing a general election strategy.
On Tuesday while voters in West Virginia are heading to the polls, Obama will be campaigning in Missouri, a state which held its primary on February 5th.
While polls are closing Obama will fly then to Michigan in advance of campaign events in the state on Wednesday. Next week Obama heads to Florida to fundraise, marking Obama’s first visit to each of the two states since singing a pledge to not campaign there in the primary due the states violation of party rules.
At a press conference on Saturday in Bend, Oregon Obama spoke to the shift towards a general election, “We’re not going to have a lot of time to pivot. And John McCain’s been getting a free pass.”
With six remaining contests on the Democratic side, the campaign is taking on two races at once. He will be campaigning in the yet to vote Democratic primary states of Oregon, South Dakota and Montana later this week in addition.
Campaign manager, David Plouffe, in an email to supporters signaled the shift that the campaign is making, “Senator Clinton intends to compete vigorously in the remaining contests; at the same time we face increasing attacks from Senator McCain and the Republican attack machine.”
Obama spokeswoman Jen Psaki said that the schedule is strategic, “Our schedule reflects the fact that we are still fighting for votes and delegates in the remaining contests but also that we are going to places that are going to be competitive in the fall.”
Obama spends his day today in West Virginia, only his second visit to the state that Clinton is anticipated to handily win.
May 12, 2008 in Bush, George W., Kucinich, Dennis, Tancredo, Tom | Permalink | User Comments (78)
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Good to see alot more Americans are waking up and seeing thru Hillary's lies!Hillary and McCain go hand in hand, lets start from the begining;Hillary voted for the War In Iraq, but after she decided to run for Office, now she says, she is against the War..Hillary's Dad was a Republican so you think that makes her a Democratic, it should be No! Hillary praised McCain on National T.V., if she recieved the Nomination, wouldnt she be running against McCain, then why praise him.Because she dont care if McCain or her Win.Could she be a undercover Republican? She didnt want to release her Tax-Info for months. NAFTA, Bill was for it, do you really believe then Hillary is against it? I think not!Hillary just days ago was taking shots of Whisky on the News, what kinda message is she sending our kids? Hillary has lied time and time again during this race for the Democratic Nominee. Hillary doesnt sound like a change to me! Vote Obama lets bring a Real Change to America.
YES WE CAN
Posted by: 12district | May 12, 2008 6:00:28 PM
He ought to be run out of both states. Go Hillary or McCain, never Obama.
Posted by: kittyCat | May 12, 2008 6:06:11 PM
Yes We Can. Go McCain 08.
Posted by: The truth | May 12, 2008 6:11:07 PM
Hillary Who?
Posted by: Larry Oregon | May 12, 2008 6:15:10 PM
He was only kidding when he tried to disenfranchise Michigan and Florida. The only votes that should count are votes cast for Obama.
Posted by: Mack | May 12, 2008 6:15:13 PM
Change is right (YES WE CAN) It will definitely be a change to have an affirmative action nominee. One who does not know how many states there are in this country? He said he had been to 57 and had one more to go 58? It certainly will be different having a potential candidate who has been indoctrinated in hate speech and racism in Rev Wright’s church for 20 Years.
Posted by: m | May 12, 2008 6:16:43 PM
It is a good thing Obama is starting early, 57 states and not a moment to lose!
JUST the GE. He will never win the GE!
A pock on him and his phony campaign.
Posted by: HP Boston | May 12, 2008 6:23:12 PM
We need to run him out the state..... yes we can
Posted by: christel | May 12, 2008 6:26:45 PM
Mrs. Clinton will not quit until she has destroyed Obama's chances this November. Watch as she now stirs the racist pot, in W. Virginia and elsewhere, repeating that it is impossible for a black man to win white Americans' votes. Instead of appealing to the country's better angels and working for the historical importance for us as a nation to turn the page toward a more perfect union, Hillary is demonizing the entire nation and smearing all of us, especially white Americans, by saying that white Americans will not vote for a black candidate. This is a blatant lie, as proven in Obama's victories in Iowa, Wisconsin, and all across the nation. It is way beyond time for the Democratic Party elders to STOP this madness before she destroys the party, the republic and all our best hopes for the future. No deluded, vicious, power-crazed politician should be given a free pass, even if her name is Clinton and she believes she is entitled to dynastic keys to the White House.
Posted by: shirl | May 12, 2008 6:30:33 PM
i am really backing u up. go high.
Posted by: hamid | May 12, 2008 6:57:07 PM
Hillary and Mccain make sense! they are lobbyist wet dreams. nothing ever would change , It would be the same ole same ole back room dealings. And the Citizens end up being the laughing stock.
This Hillary/ McCain buddy tour should clue the American people that this is bigger than party lines.
The though of Barack going in and cleaning up all the backroom dealings and kicking out the lobbyist frightens these career politicians along with others.
I know the American voters vote for Bush twice, Do we have faith they can spot this.
Posted by: michael heinz | May 12, 2008 7:01:18 PM
If Obama is the nominee - helloooo Pres McCain!
When was the last time the Washington establishment ran a newbie senator to "change" them?
ha!
Posted by: JoseyJ | May 12, 2008 7:07:23 PM
The media sold us an empty suit in 2000 - and now Oblahma.
Posted by: JoseyJ | May 12, 2008 7:11:34 PM
republicans are hoping barack obama wins the nomination because they know Mccain will beat him badly.
Posted by: andrea | May 12, 2008 7:16:44 PM
Maybe this hypocrite should start looking ahead as to where he will go once he is dumped good and proper by the voters of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Good people who want to save this country from the likes of an arrogant self proclaimed messiah. All obama has ever manged to do was create a cult like following - he is the piped piper and his followers are like lemmings - except they are very scary - who knows what he will command them to do.
Posted by: Lou | May 12, 2008 7:19:41 PM
How can Obama directly campaign in FL and MI when the issue of a revote, etc. has not been resolved by the states? I am really disgusted by his behavior, arrogance and utter disregard for how the game is played.
Posted by: Susan | May 12, 2008 7:23:29 PM
Andrea: I think you have things mixed up.
Posted by: bob | May 12, 2008 7:29:19 PM
Susan: Obama played by the rules..it was Clinton who didn't care about the rules i.e. the popular vote decides the nominee, not the delegates or the big states decide not all of the states
Posted by: bob | May 12, 2008 7:30:59 PM
Barack obama was at a fund raiser on South Beach, Miami last year just before the Fla contest so I dont know why the media is reporting that he's making his first trip here. As everybody knows he lost fla ( yes, his name was on the ballot). Florida is Hillary country so he should reconsider coming here. He's not even the nominee.
Posted by: andrea | May 12, 2008 7:38:10 PM
Andrea: I know losing is hard for you to accept but GET OVER IT ALREADY!
Posted by: bob | May 12, 2008 7:40:51 PM
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