Obama's N.C. Speech Postponed Due To Airplane Problem
Barack Obama isn't going to make it to the Tar Heel state today.
Not long after his airplane was diverted to St. Louis due to "a maintenance issue," Obama's campaign announced that the candidate would not make it to North Carolina. His appearance in the state will be "postponed to a future date," the campaign said in a release.
"The plane is remaining in St. Louis until the check is completed and as a result Senator Obama will not be able to hold his event today in Charlotte," the campaign said. "Senator Obama will return to the Tar Heel state again soon and looks forward to a continuing discussion with hard-working North Carolina families about his agenda to strengthen our economy and bring the change America needs."
Obama still plans to deliver the speech on the economy he had been scheduled to give today – but it will be in St. Louis, not Charlotte. The campaign is trying to work out the logistics now, and it is possible he will end up simply delivering the remarks to the traveling press.
Obama plans to say that President Bush's economic plan "hasn't worked, it won't work, and it's time to try something new," according to excerpts of the speech reported by the Associated Press.
He will also suggest that Mr. Bush and presumptive GOP nominee John McCain offered similar plans, arguing that McCain plans to do "exactly what George Bush has done for the last eight years."
"I won't stand here and pretend that we can or should undo the economic transformations that have taken place over the last few decades," Obama will say in the speech. "There are jobs that aren't coming back and this world will always be more competitive. But I do believe that if all of us are willing to share the burdens and benefits of this new economy, then all of us will prosper not just because government makes it so, but because we're willing to take responsibility as individuals to work harder and think more and innovate further."
Not long after his airplane was diverted to St. Louis due to "a maintenance issue," Obama's campaign announced that the candidate would not make it to North Carolina. His appearance in the state will be "postponed to a future date," the campaign said in a release.
"The plane is remaining in St. Louis until the check is completed and as a result Senator Obama will not be able to hold his event today in Charlotte," the campaign said. "Senator Obama will return to the Tar Heel state again soon and looks forward to a continuing discussion with hard-working North Carolina families about his agenda to strengthen our economy and bring the change America needs."
Obama still plans to deliver the speech on the economy he had been scheduled to give today – but it will be in St. Louis, not Charlotte. The campaign is trying to work out the logistics now, and it is possible he will end up simply delivering the remarks to the traveling press.
Obama plans to say that President Bush's economic plan "hasn't worked, it won't work, and it's time to try something new," according to excerpts of the speech reported by the Associated Press.
He will also suggest that Mr. Bush and presumptive GOP nominee John McCain offered similar plans, arguing that McCain plans to do "exactly what George Bush has done for the last eight years."
"I won't stand here and pretend that we can or should undo the economic transformations that have taken place over the last few decades," Obama will say in the speech. "There are jobs that aren't coming back and this world will always be more competitive. But I do believe that if all of us are willing to share the burdens and benefits of this new economy, then all of us will prosper not just because government makes it so, but because we're willing to take responsibility as individuals to work harder and think more and innovate further."
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