Obama Not Predicting Win In Pennsylvania
Often it is the campaigns and their surrogates, not the candidates themselves, who do the heavy lifting in setting expectations ahead of key election contests. But this morning Barack Obama told a Pittsburgh radio station exactly what he expects in tomorrow's Pennsylvania primary.
"I'm not predicting a win," Obama said, according to the Associated Press. "I'm predicting it's going to be close and that we are going to do a lot better than people expect."
Hillary Clinton leads Obama in the final Pennsylvania polls – one survey out today has the former first lady leading by seven, while another has her up by 10. The Clinton campaign, pointing to Obama's heavy campaigning and spending blitz in the state, is arguing that any win on her part constitutes a victory in the larger sense. Obama's team, meanwhile, has been suggesting that Clinton must win by double digits for her performance in the state to be considered a success.
"We've run a tough race here in Pennsylvania," Obama told the radio station. "Senator Clinton obviously was heavily favored. She was up 20. And you know, we've just been trying to chip away."
"I'm not predicting a win," Obama said, according to the Associated Press. "I'm predicting it's going to be close and that we are going to do a lot better than people expect."
Hillary Clinton leads Obama in the final Pennsylvania polls – one survey out today has the former first lady leading by seven, while another has her up by 10. The Clinton campaign, pointing to Obama's heavy campaigning and spending blitz in the state, is arguing that any win on her part constitutes a victory in the larger sense. Obama's team, meanwhile, has been suggesting that Clinton must win by double digits for her performance in the state to be considered a success.
"We've run a tough race here in Pennsylvania," Obama told the radio station. "Senator Clinton obviously was heavily favored. She was up 20. And you know, we've just been trying to chip away."
Obama the Democratic front-runner and former lecturer on constitutional law at the University of Chicago has explained his thinking toward judicial appointments thusly: "We need somebody who%u2019s got the heart, the empathy, to recognize what it''''s like to be a young teenage mom, the empathy to understand what it%u2019s like to be poor or African-American or gay or disabled or old - and that%u2019s the criteria by which I%u2019ll be selecting my judges."
When defending his vote against Justice John Roberts'''' confirmation, Obama explained that the standard for a justice must be "one''''s deepest values, one''''s core concerns, one''''s broader perspectives on how the world works, and the depth and breadth of one''''s empathy." WoW! Imagine this guy selectin 2 SC justives and dozens of circuit judges. Yikes, be afraid,,,very afraid.
gives Clinton time
We are at a historic moment in America. Barack Obama is a very special candidate for president who can bring about significant changes in Washington and help ordinary Americans begin reclaiming their democracy.
Both the Governor of New Mexico, Bill Richardson, and Pennsylvania Senator Bob Casey Jr. know this and have recently endorsed Senator Barack Obama, recognizing Obama%u2019s integrity, intelligence, and the strong leadership he can provide as president.
It is time for voters in Pennsylvania and in all of the other states soon to vote in presidential primary elections to stand up and be counted. It%u2019s time for ordinary Americans to begin the process of reclaiming American democracy by voting for Barack Obama.