He needs to campaign in more places, where all the poor blacks are in the racist back-woods parts, to make sure they're motivated to go out and vote.

9/21/2008 1:31:38 PM

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/09/21/happening-now-obama-in-north-carolina/

Quote :

"September 21, 2008 HAPPENING NOW: Obama targets North Carolina Posted: 01:41 PM ET Watch Obama's event on CNN.com/live. (CNN) — Barack Obama is campaigning in Charlotte, North Carolina, this hour — a state that has voted Republican in several recent elections. But a recent CNN poll there suggests the race is extremely tight. "We are going to have to work quickly in a bipartisan fashion to resolve this crisis to avert an even broader economic catastrophe," he said at the top of his remarks."

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As a side note check this out
http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/clips/mccain-approves-open/669582/
Not as funny as Tina Fey last week, but they are doing alright with what they have.

[Edited on September 21, 2008 at 2:27 PM. Reason : .]

9/21/2008 2:08:49 PM

Just to continue on that notion that he is targeting North Carolina, I present this (I won't let this become a triple post in a row though, promise!):

Quote :

"This Saturday, September 27th, please join Barack Obama and Joe Biden in Greensboro, where they will talk about their vision for creating the kind of change we need. Change We Need Rally with Barack Obama and Joe Biden Washington Street In front of the J. Douglas Gaylon Depot Greensboro, NC Saturday, September 27th Gates Open: 10:00 a.m. Program Begins: 12:15 p.m. RSVP http://nc.barackobama.com/GreensboroChange The event is free and open to the public. Tickets are not required, but an RSVP is strongly encouraged. Space is limited and is available on a first-come, first-served basis. For security reasons, do not bring bags and please limit personal items. Signs and banners are not permitted. "

9/24/2008 8:01:13 PM

Quote :

"Tar Heel Blue or Red?"

Fuck you, ABC. Fuck you.

Also, that "State of the Day" sign is pointing at South Carolina....

[Edited on September 24, 2008 at 8:25 PM. Reason : .]

9/24/2008 8:19:34 PM

is anyone planning on going (or trying to go) see him (obama) on saturday???

9/24/2008 8:29:29 PM

Maybe if it were in Raleigh instead of Greensboro.

9/24/2008 8:31:49 PM

he's done Raleigh so many times, it makes sense to branch out... i might go if it weren't for work

9/24/2008 8:36:29 PM

well if anyone is planning on going, PM me

9/24/2008 8:51:34 PM

I saw Obama when he was at Reynolds Coliseum. It was a long-ish wait in a line to watch him talk to TV cameras (it was still a good speech though).

9/24/2008 8:59:49 PM

I have several family members that live in the Raleigh & Cary area now, and they saw him at the town hall meeting in Raleigh and got to shake his hand. But between launching his economics tours, and continuing to come back, a lot people around here are getting a first hand impression of him. There have been Obama Raleigh's on this side (where I live in Chapel Hill) of the triangle too that he has attended, and ones like where Arcade Fire & Superchunk played, so I think a lot of the triangle has been exposed to the campaign... so I can see why Greensboro makes sense. I think he did the eastern part of the state the time before last, and most recently he was in Charlotte.

9/24/2008 9:04:09 PM

he's been to Gboro before and the Arcade Fire/Superchunk thing was here the day before C-Thrill. i only went to the chapel hill one though.

9/24/2008 9:05:31 PM

Quote :

"White House spokesman Tony Fratto said President Bush called Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama tonight around 7:30 pm. Bush and GOP presidential nominee Sen. John McCain also spoke this afternoon, and their staffs conferred afterwards, Fratto said. The president has invited the bicameral and bipartisan leadership, and the two senators running for president, to the White House tomorrow "to work on driving to a bipartisan and timely solution." Obama has agreed to attend the meeting. ... "

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/09/24/president_bush_calls_obama_and.html?hpid=topnews
President Bush Calls Obama and McCain

9/24/2008 9:22:53 PM

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/north_carolina/election_2008_north_carolina_presidential_election

Quote :

" Thursday, September 25, 2008 Barack Obama has a two-point advantage over John McCain in the traditionally Republican state of North Carolina. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the Tar Heel State shows Obama attracting 49% of the vote while McCain earns 47%."

McCain's campaign is suspended, and Obama is coming back to NC this weekend. I think either him or Biden have been here every week this week.

9/25/2008 1:45:46 PM

...this month*

BTW MSNBC.com has moved NC into Toss Up instead of McCain lean (along with ABCNEWS)

[Edited on September 25, 2008 at 2:32 PM. Reason : .]

9/25/2008 2:23:42 PM