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April 5, 2008 10:12 AM

Obama Visits Montana

Posted by Maria Gavrilovic
(CBS)
From CBS News' Maria Gavrilovic:

MISSOULA, MT. -- Barack Obama is in Montana today, where he and Hillary Clinton are scheduled to speak at the Democratic Party’s Mansfield-Metcalf Dinner this evening. Obama will use the visit as an opportunity to campaign in the state two months before the June 3 primary.

Compared to more populous states such as Pennsylvania and North Carolina, Montana’s 17 delegates are unlikely to have a significant effect on either candidate's pledged delegate count. Nevertheless, the Obama campaign is building its grassroots organization in the state, opening several offices just this week.

Montana may prove to be more beneficial to Obama’s superdelegate count. The state has nine superdelegates to offer, two who have already pledged their support for Obama. Former Sen. John Melcher endorsed Obama on Wednesday, while Lewis and Clark County Commissioner Ed Tinsley announced his support earlier this year.
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by illinoisvote April 5, 2008 12:35 PM PDT

Obama Knows His Way around a Ballot by David Jackson & Ray Long, Chicago Tribune http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-070403obama-ballot,0,1843097.story?,page=1
Some say his ability to play political hardball goes back to his first campaign%u2026.His overwhelming legal onslaught signaled his impatience to gain office, even if that meant elbowing aside an elder stateswoman like Senator Alice Palmer%u2026Obama%u2019s first campaign clouds the image he has cultivated throughout his political career%u2026first entered public office not by leveling the playing field, but by clearing it%u2026
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by anonna-2009 April 5, 2008 1:01 PM PDT
Obama is an accomplished Chicago politician. He is ruthless and will do anything to win by letting surrogates do the dirty work while he pretends to be Mr. Clean. He''s a charlatan and has exploited the young inexperienced voters into believing that he is their champion. They will soon find out what kind of change he is going to bring to Washington and the whole country will suffer for it.
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by madfae April 5, 2008 1:08 PM PDT
I find it interesting that anti-Obama people tend to spend more time insulting Obama than they do talking about the good points of their own chosen candidate. Maybe that''s because their own candidate doesn''t have many good points. It''s a good thing that most democrats in this country are capable of doing their own research and making up their own minds. :) That''s why Obama is going to be our next president, and why this country is finally going to change for the BETTER.
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by madfae April 5, 2008 1:17 PM PDT
Interesting article. I found this quote enlightening:

"In a recent interview, Obama granted that "there''s a legitimate argument to be made that you shouldn''t create barriers to people getting on the ballot."

But the unsparing legal tactics were justified, he said, by obvious flaws in his opponents'' signature sheets. "To my mind, we were just abiding by the rules that had been set up," Obama recalled.

"I gave some thought to %u2026 should people be on the ballot even if they didn''t meet the requirements," he said. "My conclusion was that if you couldn''t run a successful petition drive, then that raised questions in terms of how effective a representative you were going to be."

So are you suggesting that we take pity on people who are poorly organized and incompetently run a petition campaign? Do you think that would ensure that we have the best of the best in office? I don''t think so.
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by awb75 April 5, 2008 1:20 PM PDT
Seb Clinton last night in ND had what the columnists called a "pin drop" moment in her speech when she said an oft repeated sad tale of a young ohio woman who died, as did her baby, after a hospital refused to treat them because she did ot have $100

Sen Clinton gets all teary and wells up every time she repeats this

Trouble is - the NYT this am proved the story in not true and that the Clinton campaign - at the very least before last nights speech and likely before - was told this wasn''t true -- but she keeps pandering since this works

Will be interesting to see if Sen Clinton again repeats this falsehood at this evening Montana JJ dinner

Here''s the link:

NYTimes
April 5, 2008
"Ohio Hospital Contests a Story Clinton Tells"

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/05/us/politics/05woman.html?_r=1&ref=politics&oref
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by greenfun April 5, 2008 1:54 PM PDT
I think people who support other candidates resent the free pass from the media Obama gets most of the time.

CNN has another negative article about Clinton''s 3am phone Ads.
Yet they have no mention that Obama has been running ads in Penn. and IN. that claim he takes no money from oil and gas companies.
According to Newsweek and The Center for Responisve Politics, these are misleading ads because none of the candidates can take money directly, but all of the candidates including OBAMA take money indirectly from big oil/gas companies. Obama has received close to 300 grand. Approx. 30 grand last month.
Two of Obama''s top money bundlers are executives for oil/gas companies.
Why does CNN continue to attack Clinton and give Obama a pass.
This station is the absolute worst in it''s bias. This is definitely not News we can trust.
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by anonna-2009 April 5, 2008 2:00 PM PDT
Hillary is my choice for president because she has proved herself to be intelligent, hard working, a fighter, champion of working Americans, able to work across the aisle, is familiar with foreign leaders, is experienced in the ways of Washington, has been vetted more thoroughly than her opponent, and is "lovable enough".
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by leef531 April 5, 2008 2:39 PM PDT
I just hope all remaining voters take a good look at FREE TRADE, do some research on the Clintons and COLOMBIA and Pres. Uribe. Mark Penn latest scandal with them is not new. This is not news to the Clintons. Colombia and Pres. Uribe is by the far the single most violator of human rights on the American Hemisphere, not to mention assaults on Climate Change and Global Warming. Read what unions say about this. Do your homework before you vote.
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by unci2 April 5, 2008 3:03 PM PDT
I am a 67 year old Gramma for Obama, He has support from many of my generation Like the youth, many of us are wise enough to see the difference and want change. I am so tired of the old vetted Washington insiders: Bush+Clinton Bush. I support someone who is highly intelligent, positive, doesn''t lie, is a good manager (one example is his well-run campaign versus??)and who will work to unify the United States and solve our domestic problems.
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by greenfun April 5, 2008 4:22 PM PDT
Obama doesn''t run his campaign.
He has greasy people like Axelrod to do that for him.
I guess if people want to blame Clinton for Penn, then we had better blame Obama for Wright and Rezco.
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by mtcoyote April 5, 2008 4:56 PM PDT
Why are these Clinton supporters so negative toward Obama? Your hyperbolic comments are of a tragic nature in their attempt to discredit a fellow democrat. You all sound like 13-year-old-boys insulting youtube videos. You might as well say he''s gay. The tragedy is revealed in the fact you''re actually all mature adults letting politics get the best of your emotions - acting like children.

Let''s end the Bush/Clinton era and vote for change.
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by montxn April 5, 2008 5:32 PM PDT
Ya know, I''ve read thru these posts, I spent a fair amount of time Friday looking at the front page of the Missoula newspaper which pictured people lined up to get free tickets to hear and see Obama here in Missoula, and probably even know some of those folks... and I''m
astounded. All these Obama supporters do not look or sound stupid. Does that sound mean...
socialism is mean... share and share alike... c''mon folks... wise up before it''s too latE
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by montxn April 5, 2008 5:33 PM PDT
Ya know, I''ve read thru these posts, I spent a fair amount of time Friday looking at the front page of the Missoula newspaper which pictured people lined up to get free tickets to hear and see Obama here in Missoula, and probably even know some of those folks... and I''m
astounded. All these Obama supporters do not look or sound stupid. Does that sound mean...
socialism is mean... share and share alike... c''mon folks... wise up before it''s too latE
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by montxn April 5, 2008 5:45 PM PDT
Ya know, I''ve read thru these posts, I spent a fair amount of time Friday looking at the front page of the Missoula newspaper which pictured people lined up to get free tickets to hear and see Obama here in Missoula, and probably even know some of those folks... and I''m
astounded. All these Obama supporters do not look or sound stupid. Does that sound mean...
socialism is mean... share and share alike... c''mon folks... wise up before it''s too latE
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by montxn April 5, 2008 5:45 PM PDT
Ya know, I''ve read thru these posts, I spent a fair amount of time Friday looking at the front page of the Missoula newspaper which pictured people lined up to get free tickets to hear and see Obama here in Missoula, and probably even know some of those folks... and I''m
astounded. All these Obama supporters do not look or sound stupid. Does that sound mean...
socialism is mean... share and share alike... c''mon folks... wise up before it''s too latE
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by anonna-2009 April 5, 2008 6:42 PM PDT
Obama tells us that he is the one, now is the time for change . He has solutions for all that ails America. He makes it all sound so simple. Elect him and the country will be good and wonderful. Far better than it ever has. The only problem is that he doesn''t demonstrate HOW this will all come to pass. At 75 years if I haven''t learned anything I did learn that if it sounds too good to be true, it IS too good to be true. Barack is young and fresh and he has a heck of lot to learn. I think he might be getting in over his head.
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by cavebear33 April 5, 2008 8:18 PM PDT
To me Obama will help get us away from the same old, same old we''ve been experiencing for years now. Washington is gridlocked, partisan intolerance for the other side is at the highest levels. Obama has the chance to use "The bully pulpit" as Theodore Roosevelt called it, to rally the people for progressive change, which will help to unlock the gridlock. He also has the ability to work with those willing on the GOP side to bring about these changes in a bipartisan way. His election would also put America''s light back on for millions around the world. Anti-Americanism would be lessened considerably with his election.
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by new2politics April 5, 2008 10:04 PM PDT
Ive never really followed the Presidential election until now. Initially I was for Hillary, until I listened and watched Obama during the debates. I noticed his body language and how he faces whomever he is speaking to, and Hillary rest her face in her hand, which tells alot of ones character to me. She just appears to be someone you can not trust.
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