Posted on 04/28/2008 8:26:32 AM PDT by neverdem
Appeal Refocused Amid Tight Race After Clinton Win
ANDERSON, Ind. -- Barack Obama recast his call for change by speaking more directly to voters' economic concerns as polls show him in a dead heat with Hillary Clinton in Indiana.
The shift comes amid signs that Sen. Obama's lofty appeals for hope and change may not be resonating with financially insecure voters, and may even be driving them away.
Campaigning in central Indiana, which has been hit hard by plant closings this decade and where unemployment is two percentage points above the national average, the presidential candidate spoke about how he would bring changes to help people overcome their economic plight.
Sen. Obama's stripped-down stump speech marks a shift from the last primary, in Pennsylvania, where he pressed for change without as direct an economic hook...
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Across the state, Sen. Obama took the stage with supporters who told their tales of economic stress, and closed his speech with a pledge to "fight" for working families, rather than deliver the high-minded closing to his former stump speech that implored voters to "stand with me [to] change the world."
Merrett Cravens said he had been leaning toward Sen. Clinton until he heard Sen. Obama's pitch at a rally in Marion on Saturday. The 47-year-old, who says he's now undecided, has his own construction company and has fond memories of former President Clinton. "When he was in office, I had eight guys working for me. Right now, I got one guy," he said.
Mary Clifford, 78, of Delphi, Ind., initially expressed skepticism before a forum in Kokomo. "I don't think he's going to change a thing. I truly don't," she said before the speech. Afterwards, she was more receptive. His appeal to seniors "might have convinced me," she said.
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AH!
I love Obama walking on “watah”!
Thanks, soon I may have to make him sink a bit, lol. And then disappear!
LOL!
In November...;o)
You got it!!
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