Like a shyster targeting the elderly while selling snake oil On Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 7:29 PM, Tommy News <[email protected]> wrote:
> Obama targets key groups in election's homestretch > (AP) – 5 hours ago > > CLEVELAND (AP) — Heading into the homestretch of the midterm > elections, President Barack Obama is targeting key Democratic > constituencies as he tries to energize voters and build up Election > Day turnout among his supporters. > > The groups Obama is targeting mirror those that helped him win the > White House: young people, African-Americans and women. A crucial > element of the president's strategy in the two weeks before the Nov. 2 > election is finding a way to get first-time voters from 2008 to head > back to the polls even though Obama's name isn't on the ballot. > > Obama isn't shying away from reality: The sputtering economy has > created a tough political environment for Democratic candidates. > > "When times are that difficult, elections are going to be difficult > and understandably so," Obama said Sunday while speaking at a > fundraiser for Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland at a private home outside > Cleveland. > > Obama was joined at the fundraiser by first lady Michelle Obama. From > Cleveland, the Obamas were to travel to Columbus to headline a large > nighttime rally on the campus of Ohio State University. > > The president and first lady have campaigned individually for > Democratic candidates in the final weeks before the midterms, but > Sunday marked the first time the Obamas had campaigned together since > the presidential election. > > Sunday's rally at Ohio State is one of five the president was > scheduled to attend ahead of Election Day, all designed to remind the > Democratic base of the enthusiasm Obama inspired during his > presidential campaign. > > The five rallies are all in states Obama won during his presidential > bid, and all in states with competitive midterm races: Wisconsin, > Pennsylvania, Ohio, California and Nevada. Though Democratic officials > say the president is casting a wide net and trying to reach the whole > of the Democratic party, some rallies do target specific > constituencies. > > In Madison, Wis., late last month, Obama targeted young voters at the > University of Wisconsin. Officials hoped last week's rally in > Philadelphia reached African-Americans, many of whom came to the polls > for the first time in 2008 to support Obama. Democratic candidates > like Pennsylvania Senate hopeful Joe Sestak need high turnout in urban > areas like Philadelphia if they're to overcome stiff Republican > opposition. > > At an event Thursday in Seattle, Obama will focus on how the economic > crisis has affected women. White House deputy communications director > Jen Psaki said Obama will argue that women who may have benefited from > administration initiatives like the small business lending program > would suffer under Republican leadership. > > Obama is also using backyard meetings and televised town halls, > including one broadcast on MTV, BET and CMT last week. > > White House officials insist the president's coast-to-coast > campaigning is making a difference. > > "There's an excitement about what this president is trying to do. > There's an energy around it," Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs said Sunday > on NBC's "Meet the Press." > > But polls suggest Obama's winning coalition from 2008 is crumbling. > About one-quarter of those who voted for Obama are voting Republican > in November or are considering doing so, according to an Associated > Press-Knowledge Networks poll. > > Equally as dispiriting for the White House: Just half of Obama voters > say they'll definitely show up to vote Nov. 2, while two-thirds of > those who voted for Republican John McCain in the 2008 presidential > election say they're certain to vote. > > Democratic officials say the president is still the best messenger to > encourage his party to get to the polls. Following three straight days > of events in Delaware, Massachusetts and Ohio, Obama heads West for > stops in Portland, Ore., on Wednesday, Seattle and San Francisco on > Thursday, Los Angeles and Las Vegas on Friday and Minneapolis on > Saturday. > > Obama probably will spend Election Day in the nation's capital, and > has requested an absentee ballot to vote in his home state of > Illinois. > > More: > > http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i7ygHyfQH2hIi6PDF8nnX7ynEz3Q?docId=5e1896ef435f43b8ae22121bafa86fc2 > > -- > Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time. > Have a great day, > Tommy > > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. 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