Although currently taking some time off from the campaign trail by vacationing in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Sen. Barack Obama will be back on the campaign trail and spending some serious time in Pennsylvania this weekend and next week. He plans to kick off a six-day bus tour of the Keystone State in western Pennsylvania this Friday, and will remain in the state until next Wednesday.
This announcement helps refute the argument that Obama hasn’t been spending enough time campaigning in Pennsylvania. His campaign has referred to him as the “underdog” in the state (Obama currently trails Clinton by 16 points in the polls) and has downplayed the April 22nd primary’s importance, so the question has been whether or not he plans to spend his efforts campaigning in the state despite Sen. Clinton’s obvious advantage here. Since the Mississippi primary on March 11th, Obama has only spent three days in Pennsylvania, holding mostly small, limited-access events.
No details yet on when he will be in Philadelphia (or hopefully at Penn!), but we’ll keep you posted.
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April 4th, 2008 at 10:01 am
We are so proud of our muslim brother Obama. Finally, America will have a president who is a muslim brother who will help and understand us. Allah Akbar.
April 19th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
“Omar”: Just a reminder, as it seems you forgot: Lying is bad for your soul.
Once again, people, the “Obama is a Muslim” lie is this campaign’s version of Swiftboating. Here’s the truth:
http://www.barackobama.com/factcheck/2007/11/12/obama_has_never_been_a_muslim_1.php
April 19th, 2008 at 1:14 pm
And BTW, to all those who would like a better politics than the sleazy stuff people like “Omar” are selling: one of the best things you can do is just vote Obama on Tuesday Apr 22 - and tell your friends!