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So Where's Obama?

Topic Author: Scott Saxton

Posted: 6:24 AM May 9, 2008

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So Where's Obama?

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama basically conceded West Virginia and Kentucky to opponent Hillary Clinton in a story on CNN Thursday.

Here's what the CNN story said:

"Sen. Clinton is a formidable candidate. She is very likely to win West Virginia and Kentucky. Those are two states where she has insurmountable leads. We're going to have spend some time there. But we're also going to Oregon, Montana, South Dakota and Puerto Rico," he said.

I spent some of my Thursday trying to track down where Obama might appear. Since he is popular among younger voters, I figure a college campus would be a likely Obama spot. It would make sense for him to appear in the state's biggest media market and that makes Marshall University a potential attractive area for a visit. However, my friends at Marshall said they had nothing brewing.

We also heard rumors Thursday that Obama might be in the southern coalfields of West Virginia by the weekend. Still no official word though.

Meanwhile, the Clintons threw the trifecta at voters Wednesday-Thursday with Hillary, former pres Bill and daughter Chelsea in different locations across the state. Even with Obama admitting she'll win here, her camp isn't taking anything for granted.

Posted by: Phil Obama has ties to Hamas,a terrorist organization,the Black Panthers and other violent groups.He ans his wife want to turn the uS over to the militant terrorist.Rev Wright will be at the White House,he even said this.He said Obama believes the same as him,but must say what will work politically...then they take over

Posted by: Joe I am proud to support Hillary Clinton. Our country need a President who has solution for our gas price, our education, our economy, and a country security. As a president, Hillary's solutions is not rasing tax. She cares about her people, and she doesn't belive that people are clinging to religion and guns out of frustration over economic issues. Hillary works all her life for American people, blacks, whites, hispanics, etc. I proudly want Hillary to be my president.

Posted by: skmckinney 1. Hillary Clinton offers the only TRULY UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE PLAN while Barack's leaves out 15.5 million Americans. Hillary's approach also has an affordability factor built in with tax rebates if the cost is excessive relative to income. 2. Barack voted FOR the Bush/Cheney Energy Bill.. IN FAVOR OF TAX BREAK FOR OIL COMPANIES!!! IN FAVOR OF BUILDING NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS!! Hillary Clinton voted against this bill!! Please vote for Hillary Clinton. She can win in November. We need you all to help win this! She has shown time and time again that we all matter.. every one of us, even in rural parts of the state that she represents are NOT INVISIBLE TO HER!!! WE ARE NOT INVISIBLE TO HER!!! PLEASE SELECT HILLARY and Let's get her to lead us as she has throughout her life. Thank you!! Please visit www.hillaryclinton.com and look up pull down menu "ISSUES" for further details. Also wish her well for Mothers Day. Check her references at: www.thehillaryiknow.com and http://flags4hill.com

Posted by: patsy hillary has proven to be a champion for all of us happy mothers day

Posted by: Jim HRC has 7 yrs in the Sen...BO only 3...HRC`s visited over 80 countries...BO 4-5 mostly as a kid...HRC`s passed 19 bills...BO only 2...to promote democracy in the African Congo...and name a post office. http://www.newsweek.com/id/129976/page/1 Take away BO`s speech-giving ability and only 143 days in the Sen...and you have a virtual nobody...who is the only candidate getting endorsements from terrorists, etc! So, he`s probably off trying to rig the remaining primaries like he did IND. and NC!!!

Posted by: ILBlue Please everyone don't forget to vote, and please do more research on Obama's poor childhood, we all should have had it so good. He went to Private schools, he's my Senator , I know he lies and the media just lets him get away with it. GO Hillary, you are the only one who cares about the Middle Class. http://www.hillaryclintonforum.net

Posted by: max OBAMA is all about making his big announcement on 5/20. Well, we will show him, WV 90% Clinton, who is he to assume he is the nominee, this MUST GO TO THE CONVENTION. What is his hurry? Before we find out more about HAMAS, ODINGA, Rezko, AUCHI, AYERS, MEEKS, THE NEW BLACK PANTHER PARTY, ETC.

Posted by: Ginny Obama doesn't care in the least about you West Virginians! If he did he would have been there through thick and thin no matter who's winning. He wants your votes though. So any who want to vote for him, go for it. Show him how irrelelvant you really are.

Posted by: WakeUpBeforeIt'sTooLate There's a reason Obama has been MIA in WV and KY--he couldn't care less about them! Unlike Hillary Clinton, who has ALWAYS worked for the good of the people--even working class and lower income people--Obama is too elitist to waste his time visiting these two states. He probably realizes that his VAGUE references to "hope" and "change" won't play well to the realists who make up the majority of WV and KY. They want REAL solutions, and they know Clinton is the one who offers those...not Obama. Only fools would support Obama, knowing what we now know about him--his racism, elitism, anti-American sentiments, pro-Black Panther goals (like exemption from taxes and military service for ALL blacks, free health care for ALL blacks, etc.), 20-year close relationship with the hatemongering Jeremiah Wright, etc. Wake up, folks, before it's too late.

Posted by: Mike O Anonymous, there's only one ignorant poster here that I see.

Posted by: shirley i am from wv. and i know they still dont trust blacks and dont associate with them as it should be. they still use the n word and hillary knows this and so does oboma. no surprise. i think hillary will be surprised when it is elsction time. hillary represents hillary. oboma is black and white. doesnt make him no-human as these states think.he's got my vote. tired of clintons.

Posted by: Anonymous I could try to fight the ignorance on this page, but it would be a losing battle. OBAMA '08!

Posted by: Tammy I am not voting for Obama, but being black has nothing to do with it. I too think he will join hands with everyone(terrorists included). The problem I have, is get real- he(Obama)attends church on a regular basis, and he does not what his pastor speaks and believes? Is this not the pastor who married him & batized his children? This is a joke and he needs to be up front and just admit that he too sees things like his pastor.

Posted by: Spencer4coaching As I look and listen to Mr. Barack Obama, my heart and brain are bathed with the pleasure of his intelligence, integrity, honesty, compassion, passion, constitutionality, and his broad spectrum of understanding and empathy for his fellow human beings. When I look at his genius, I see a man who believes in Christian principles and acts on them with humility and purpose. I believe he is a blessing and should be respected for his ability and burning desire to serve each and every human being in this country, the United States of America. Thank you sir, Mr. Barack Obama, you make me proud to be an American, to be alive, and to help you make a difference for all. God Bless You! P.S. I've only been to West Virginia four times and I have to say that I appreciated my visits and enjoyed the people I visited with. I can only say that my experiences were ever so wonder-filled. Thank you friends. My last visit was to Hunter "Patch" Adams Gesundheit Institute, Pocahontas County, WV.

Posted by: Not a democrat I think all who are running for president are pitiful choices for president. America desperately needs a miracle from God.

Posted by: leana Okay, First Obama was born in Hawaii, and that is USA, he is American. Clinton & Obama have platforms/solutions for the country that are very similar. The difference is he didnt support the WAR, or NAFTA, CAFTA, or GAS TAX HOLIDAY..which all did not help AMERICAN poor or middle class...only the rich. Obama does not lie, he looks you in the eye. Clintons have been Fined, Charged, Impeached and even lost right to practice LAW,,,because of LYING. Google Clintons. For 30 years, no President or their adminstration did anything about OUR DEPENDENCY on OIL. Yet Finland, Iceland, Norway, Brazil...ARE FREE...and we are not!?!?!?!? Are Bush - Clintons - Bush so great now? Or were they just looking out for their own $$$.

Posted by: To Johnathon and Sue Please know that not every West Virginian is for Hillary. She hasn't done anything for me, except serve up the same ol' stale message I have heard for years. You have the nerve to call Obama an "elist" (but I think you meant elitist), but he was raised in a single mother home-like many WVians, while she was born with a silver spoon in her mouth. What makes her more qualified to be president? Because she was married to one? And to Sue, holding hands around a campfire with terrorists? You can't be that ignorant, can you?

Posted by: Jonathan Just because you don't support Obama doesn't make you a racist. By that logic, everyone who doesn't support Hillary is sexist. Geez - South Carolina went big for Obama, so what a bunch of sexist people. Give me a break! West Virginians support Hillary, because they have a history with the Clinton family. They believe she will fight for working-class people. Right or wrong, they believe she would be best for the job. West Virginians don't think Barack Obama has the experience needed to be president. Right or wrong, they believe she's simply better. That doesn't make us racist. What Obama needs to understand is that he needs West Virginia in the fall, and to West Virginians right now, he's living out the stereotype that he's an elist who is out of touch with real, working-class people. GO HILLARY!

Posted by: Leigh Anne Hey Roxanna, is Hillary going to come in and build us a rec center? And by the way, he WAS born in the US, therefore he is American. Reading does the brain good.

Posted by: Sue Alissa, I am very well educated, working on my PhD, well traveled and younger and I am NOT voting for Obama. I do not agree with most of the positions he has taken and find the some of them distubingly unrealistic and naive. From what I have heard, I think he thinks that he is just going to join hands with everyone, terrorists included, and have a big campfire chat and group hug. That is not how the real world is. For this country, we need an individual who came bring everyone together but still have eyes open enough to the fact that there are some really bad people in this world and you can't negotiate with them. It looks like Obama will have the nomination and with McCain getting the Republican nod, I don't know what I am going to do. I wish a strong Independent candidate would appear out of no where. But that seems unlikely at this point.

Posted by: john How can someone say,we voted big for hilliary so were racists,when eveywhere obama is getting like 90%of the black vote,I beleive the shoe should be on the other foot.

Posted by: happygirlUSA Clinton for President of The United States of America!!!!!!! Go Clinton!!!!

Posted by: Alissa I agree with Sherry and Justin! Maybe I am more Obama's "typical voter" because I am well educated, well traveled and younger ... I'm just not the typical West Virginian. I would rather have a new fresh face in the white house than the same name and type as we have had before. Obama has a grass roots following and he is winning against one of the largest and most well oiled political machines. I do not want another well oiled political machine.

Posted by: Carrie I think all through this primary season, the candidates have had to pick and choose which states they have a chance in and focus their efforts there. Why is this any different??? He's been to WV before and will visit early next week, but is focusing on the states where he has higher numbers. End of story.

Posted by: NotRoxanna Roxanna, don't be a fool. If Obama wasn't born in America, he couldn't run for president. It's in the Constitution. Obama would be campaigning hard in the state if he had a chance of winning. But sadly, the good people of West Virginia just won't vote for a black man for president. It's just the facts. Too bad, because I'm sure he'd do more for the coalfields than Clinton or McCain.

Posted by: Stacy The Clinton's believe that WV and KY are important states too. Obama doesn't believe that these states are worthy enough to make a visit too. And if by some chance he does visit, it'll just be to let everyone know what he doesn't like about Clinton, or how she's not the best candidate. But, sounds to me like he doesn't care one way or another who wins KY and WV because they aren't important enough for him. VOTE_CLINTON!!!!!!!!!!! She cares, about ALL states.

Posted by: Sherry He's probably campaigning somewhere with people that have experienced the real world.

Posted by: Justin The 2-1 lead Clinton has in WV makes me embarrassed to be a West Virginian. As if it is not obvious why he is not doing well in this state. Things like this will not help our image. We get up in arms over a shirt that says it's all relative in WV, but we make it obvious that we are state of out of touch racists in this election.

Posted by: Roxanna Obama dont need to be president because he was not born in the Us. and hes not american. We dont need someone who is going to destroy our country.

Posted by: Roxanna I hope Hillary does win because we need a change. A big change such as lower Gas prices,more jobs, and more things to do in the community.