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Politics : The Next President 2008 -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TARADO96 who wrote (2883)	5/4/2008 10:30:42 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 3215

Obama Is Getting Back To Getting Close to Voters Arenas Are Out, Roller Rink Is In; Lesson From Texas By CHRISTOPHER COOPER and NICK TIMIRAOS May 5, 2008 Sen. Barack Obama has returned to a page in his playbook that served him well during early state nominating contests, ditching arena-style events for thousands in favor of more intimate interaction with potential voters. The strategy shift comes as the Democratic presidential candidates head into the last leg of a grueling race for the nomination with Tuesday contests in Indiana and North Carolina. Though Sen. Obama remains far ahead of Sen. Hillary Clinton in the delegate count and the contests on Tuesday are unlikely to change that, a pair of wins would provide a critical psychological boost for Sen. Obama, who has lost the popular vote in several large states in succession. For Sen. Clinton, an Indiana win would let her press her claim to party elders that she's the more-electable candidate. Barring an unexpected turn, she will need substantial support from the party's superdelegates to clinch the nomination. In the latest chapter of a hard-fought and close Democratic race, Sen. Obama won Saturday's Guam caucuses by seven votes out of nearly 4,500."I think it's clear the Obama campaign is running scared right now," Mr. Singer said. The Obama campaign counters that Sen. Clinton is spending more on television advertising in North Carolina and remains roughly at parity on such spending in Indiana. Over the weekend, Sen. Obama engaged in a series of soft campaign events, bringing out his wife, Michelle, and daughters, Malia, 9 years old, and Sasha, 6, who don't generally travel with him. "We don't get to hang out that much together," Ms. Obama said as the family took the stage Sunday before hundreds of supporters at a "family picnic" in Fort Wayne. With his father's arm around her, Sasha Obama warmed up the crowd with a few words: "Vote for daddy!" The family also canvassed door-to-door in Elkhart, Ind., on Sunday, after making stops Saturday at a Lafayette roller rink, a park picnic in the Indianapolis suburb of Noblesville, and a home in Kempton that the campaign said was built by one of Noblesville, and a home in Kempton that the campaign said was built by one of Sen. Obama's distant ancestors.Mary Gregoline, an 82-year-old retired accountant from Noblesville, was delighted to see Sen. Obama up close. She plans to support the Illinois senator but frets that prejudice against a black candidate could hurt him in Indiana. "I think that he will have a problem here in Noblesville," she said. Write to Christopher Cooper at christopher.cooper@wsj.com and Nick Timiraos at nick.timiraos@wsj.com