There has been much speculation ono the blogs or what kind of strategy Obama should have in Pennslvania with 6 weeks to go to the primary. Its clear, sme think he should minimize the importance of Pa while others argues for him to fight for rural votes with all he's got while others say to focus on the suburban areas around Philly to pull things out.
What we know now is that Obama has just begun the fight in Pennsylvania. There is increasing evidence that he intends to campaign in Pennsylvania on the ground and get the word out about his message and plan for this country.
Instead of Geraldine Ferraro and other distracting issues, the truth is that even rural pennsylvanianas care more about their job security and issues of health care MORE than issues of race. So kudos to obama for FIghting the GOOD fight.
More below:
Here's an interview today with the Patriot News out of Harrisburg PA:
http://www.pennlive.com/...
Key Q&A answers:
Q. How much time can we expect to see you in central Pennsylvania?
A: I'm actually really looking forward to getting out of just the big cities and traveling through the more rural parts of Pennsylvania. I haven't had a chance to do that before. I haven't had a chance to spend a lot of time in central Pennsylvania.
The STRATEGY IS ENUNCIATED.
Q: Pennsylvania is a lot like Ohio. If you had to do Ohio over again, would you do it differently?
A: In both Ohio and Pennsylvania, we start off with a deficit. Sen. Clinton is better known than I am. She has the support in both instances of a popular Democratic governor and most of the institutional support of the state. It's always an uphill battle. But what we know is the better known I am, the more familiar people are with my track record, the better we do.
So my strategy is to just to talk about the things that we've been talking about throughout this campaign - the need to change how our politics is done in order to deliver on the pressing economic issues that families are dealing with. I want to provide universal health care to every American. I want to make sure that we are focused on making college more affordable, that we are cutting taxes for working families instead of the wealthy. But we're not going to be able to accomplish any of those things so long as we resort to the same old business as usual with (political action committees) and lobbyists financing campaigns, dominating the agenda in Washington
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IN A CBS news article. its clear that people in BUCKS county are keeping their minds open:
http://cbs3.com/...
CBS 3's Jim Osman talked to workers at the industrial complex before Obama visited and discovered many of the voters were undecided.
"I'm still open. My mind is still wide open," said mechanical assembler Philip Weiss.
Weiss is happy to see Obama is taking the time to tour his workplace and talk to his co-workers.
"It's good that he is coming out and showing that he cares about us and saying a word. Seeing that he cares about the people," said Weiss before the rally.
Senator Obama launched his Pennsylvania Primary campaign by targeting working class voters and expressed his feelings about the Bush administration.
"A Washington where the right to unionize and organize has come under assault," said Sen. Obama.
So there you have it, EVERYBODY's Vote matter sto Obama's campaign. Hes going to fight aggressively for the white working class votes and he believes he can make significant headway because time is actually on his side not HRC's like an ABC news hit piece suggests today.
SO GO OBAMA.
LETS HELP HIM GET THE MESSAGE OUT IN PA.