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Clinton exhorts faithful: Don't get complacent now
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| Contributor | Brandonius Maximus |
| Last Edited | Brandonius Maximus Oct 18, 2008 05:46pm |
| Category | News |
| News Date | Oct 18, 2008 05:45pm |
| Description | DELAWARE -- Yesterday, the crowd was there to support Barack Obama. But judging from interviews and the roars at the mere mention of Hillary Clinton's name, had this same female-dominated crowd been polled in March, Obama might not have liked the results.
"Though I am going to vote for Barack Obama, I am still a big Hillary fan," said Patricia Upchurch, 56, of Worthington, as she awaited Clinton's arrival in the gymnasium of Buckeye Valley High School.
"I was very impressed with her campaign, and now I want to hear how she's going to support Obama," said Jim McCullough, 62, of Delaware, who also voted for Clinton in Ohio's Democratic primary.
After the party's brutal primary battle between Obama and Clinton, Democrats worried that Clinton supporters would not make the leap to Obama's campaign, especially after Republican nominee John McCain selected Sarah Palin as his running mate.
To continue encouraging that transition, Clinton started her day yesterday in Youngstown with Gov. Ted Strickland and finished it on her own in rural northern Delaware County, her first visit to central Ohio since the primary.
The message was simple: a McCain administration would be four more years of failed Bush policies.
"This election is really a referendum on the past eight years," Clinton told an enthusiastic crowd of about 700. "If you like the policies of President Bush, you'll love the policies of John McCain." |
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