Obama, seeing hope in Ohio, shifts schedule there

Glad to see he is stepping it up in OHIO.



http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080905/ap_on_el_pr/obama_strategy;_ylt=AlRadGvsazbrMsplM1AiRwfCw5R4


Obama, seeing hope in Ohio, shifts schedule there

By PHILIP ELLIOTT, Associated Press Writer Fri Sep 5, 7:57 PM ET

DILLONVALE, Ohio - So much for the 50-state strategy. Barack Obama, who once pledged to compete in every state, has shifted his thinking. Now, he'll pick and choose where to spend time and money.


Despite early optimism, Obama's strategists are mapping out an electoral plan similar to Democrat John Kerry's from 2004. Obama still is pushing into traditionally Republican and rural areas, such as this farm region along the Ohio River. But don't look for the Democratic presidential nominee in, say, undeniably GOP Idaho..............

Obama has long looked for a way to win the White House without the 20 electoral votes of Ohio, the prototypical swing state. His top aides, including his campaign manager, once said they could lose the state and still win the election by picking off states that typically support Republicans.

No more.

The campaign is quietly eyeing a states' map similar to the one used in past elections, with a few exceptions. Obama this week dropped advertising in Georgia, a traditionally Republican state that he considered winnable based on increased voter registration among blacks and young people.

this article sticks in my crawl as much now as it did the first time I read it.

COULD IT BE ANY MORE NEGATIVE?

BO is still competing on a MUCH wider electoral map that Kerry, he cuts back in Georgia but sees Ohio as very winnable, and still is in places like North Dakoda and Montana, and has A LOT more outs to get there than McCain does, and this twit writes an article making it sound like BO is making his last stand in Ohio, the NEVER ending media spin of turning EVEN POSITIVES into negatives for him.

because it is a very negative tilted title, and NOT true...

Obama isn't a moron, he is focusing on the states that he can possibly win, and there are a lot more of them then there were for Kerry or Gore...but if someone just read the title, it would seem really negative...

to it.