He never ceases to surprise!
Obama is agressively gunning for NC. We all know he is makin his debate preparation there....today he just surprised few hundreds of NCians..
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Barack Obama surprised more than 700 N.C. Democrats on Saturday night with an unscheduled appearance at the party's annual Vance-Aycock dinner.
"I hope you don't mind me crashing the party," the Democratic presidential candidate told an enthusiastic crowd in a ballroom at the Grove Park Inn. He was greeted with a prolonged ovation and shouts of "Yes, we can!" Some people stood on chairs for a better view.
Obama arrived in Asheville for a rally this afternoon and two days of quiet preparation for Tuesday's debate against Republican John McCain, Jim Morrill reports. It's Obama's third visit to the state in two weeks.
He alluded to his success in the state's May primary, when he soundly defeated Hillary Clinton.
"People said, 'What's he doing spending so much time in North Carolina?'" Obama said. "It turns out, the people of North Carolina decided they were going to lift up the Obama campaign. ... Maybe we should just keep on coming to North Carolina."
In remarks that lasted about 10 minutes, he gave a truncated version of the stump speech he delivered recently in Charlotte and Greensboro. He criticized the "failed policies" of the Bush administration, including a foreign policy he described as "talking tough but acting dumb."
source : News observer
ALSO:
Barack Obama is opening an office in Fuquay-Varina.
Dome readers outside the Triangle may not appreciate the full meaning of that news, so we'll help explain.
Back when Dome worked on the Metro desk, we covered Fuquay, a town of about 14,000 a 30-minutes drive south of Raleigh. Here are two of the stories we wrote:
* Town leaders, citing Scripture, refuse to allow soccer games to be played on Sunday at local parks.
* The owners of a potbellied pig rescue shelter spar with neighbors over town regulations.
In other words, Fuquay-Varina is about as close to Mayberry as you can get outside of Mount Airy.
Obama's outreach efforts here are a sign that he is pushing his campaign beyond the urban centers of the Triangle, the Triad and Charlotte.
In total, the Obama campaign now has 40 offices around North Carolina.
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Yes good news Obama leads Mcshame by 18 in MN ...star tribune...well i dont take 18 may be i will happily settle at 5 or 6!
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