Obama Takes His Message To Record Crowd
(CBS)
PORTLAND, ORE. -- With just two days left until the May 20 primaries, Barack Obama continued to campaign in Oregon today, drawing a massive crowd at an outdoor rally here, his largest crowd to date according to the campaign. They estimated that 75,000 people were in attendance, citing the Portland fire chief.
Noticeably absent from Obama's campaign schedule in the coming days are stops in Kentucky. When asked if he has given up on state's primary, where Hillary Clinton holds double-digit lead in the polls, Obama said he doesn't give up on anything.
"I don't give up on things, we've gotta make choices and we can't be everywhere at once," Obama told reporters after making a local stop for ice cream with his family.
Obama's top advisers have argued that May 20 will be a pivotal day for the campaign because they will have gained the majority of elected pledged delegates. Even though Obama said he will not declare victory on Tuesday, he said he will have a stronger case to present to superdelegates.
"We will have the majority of pledged delegates at that point and obviously are going to make the argument to any superdelegates remaining that we should be the nominee," Obama said.
Publicly the campaign has said they will not encourage Clinton to drop out of the race and will leave that decision up to her. However, Obama has altogether stopped criticizing her on the stump and has ratcheted up his rhetoric against John McCain.
"I just want everybody to understand, that Senator Clinton and I have had a terrific contest, she has been a formidable candidate, she has been smart and tough and determined and she has worked as hard as she can. And she has run an extraordinary campaign, it has been an extraordinary campaign," Obama said here today.
"And look, we have real differences on certain issues, but whatever differences exist between myself and Senator Clinton pale in comparison to the differences with the other side."
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There is absolutely nothing that could make me wish that we could have Bush for another term. I am surprised that we have survived the two that he had.
Over 4000 Honr. Soldiers & 100,000 Innocent iraqi Citizens Killed, Dis-Membered or Forced Amputations, all under False Pretenses.
The Lowest rated Outgoing President in History.
The Devalued Dollar Bill, rated Lower than the Mexican Peso.
High Unemployment.
Highest Foreclosed rates in American History, since the Depression.
Oh Yeah, What a Great American
You A!! Hole
Obama in (08)
He voted against making English the official language of the United States.
He will not and does not honor or respect the American Flag or what it stands for.
His self-professed religious mentor is a hate monger, and Obama has followed him for over 20 years and dedicated his boooks to the man, had him officiate his marriage and follws his beliefs and teachings.
If Obama is elected POTUS, we will all wish Bush could have had another term.
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Wow! Who made you god, anyway...
He voted against making English the official language of the United States.
He will not and does not honor or respect the American Flag or what it stands for.
His self-professed religious mentor is a hate monger, and Obama has followed him for over 20 years and dedicated his boooks to the man, had him officiate his marriage and follws his beliefs and teachings.
If Obama is elected POTUS, we will all wish Bush could have had another term.
He voted against making English the official language of the United States.
He will not and does not honor or respect the American Flag or what it stands for.
His self-professed religious mentor is a hate monger, and Obama has followed him for over 20 years and dedicated his boooks to the man, had him officiate his marriage and follws his beliefs and teachings.
If Obama is elected POTUS, we will all wish Bush could have had another term.
And we do the best we can to educate our kids in a school instead of indocrinating them in some church.
Posted by sblake63
I could have sworn that you''d posted awhile back calling BO a muslim ..... .....
Going by your logic here - What would you call the thousands that had followed TED HAGGARD prior to the revelation ?? Or the many thousands that have been foloowing HAGEE ??? I wish some Repugs could be American and critise Individuals individually. Cheers!
Obama gets 30-41% (ex WV) of the ''working class white'' vote. She gets only 8% of the black vote. While total numbers of blacks are no where near that of the other group, it is widely accepted that BOTH are required to win. So who has the biggest voter deficit problem? Clinton.
I know she wanted this really badly. In the end, she simply tried too hard.