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Tonya
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Username: Tonya
Post Number: 6858
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, March 21, 2008 - 01:04 pm: | 
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'Once-in-a-Lifetime Leader': Obama Gets Richardson Latino Nod
diversityinc.comhttp://www.diversityinc.com/public/3244.cfm
Crowds build in anticipation of Obama's Portland speech
09:16 AM PDT on Friday, March 21, 2008
Associated Press and KGW.com
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_032108ORB_obama_speech_LJ.10d97e0e.htm l
PORTLAND - Thousands of people began massing in Portland's Rose Quarter before the sun even came up Friday morning, lining up for their chance to hear and see presidential candidate Barack Obama in person.
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, the nation's only Hispanic governor, said he will endorse Sen. Barack Obama for president during the Portland event.
Richardson called Obama a "once-in-a- lifetime leader" who can unite the nation and restore America's international leadership.
Richardson has been relentlessly wooed by Obama and Clinton for his endorsement. As a Democratic superdelegate, the governor plays a part in the tight race for nominating votes and could bring other superdelegates to Obama's side. He also has been mentioned as a potential running mate for either candidate.
Obama's Portland visit was announced Tuesday evening. By noon Wednesday, all 11,000 online tickets for Obama's Portland visit were snatched up, and the remaining thousand or so tickets were given out at his Portland campaign headquarters shortly after it opened Wednesday afternoon.
The Senator has several other appearances, including at McArthur Court in Eugene Friday night and in Medford on Saturday. Obama will also stop in Salem on Friday afternoon for a 1 p.m. event at the Salem Armory.
In advance of a Portland speech, Barack Obama took some exercise and had some advice for those in a region thick with sneakers, bicycles and walking paths: "Stay fit."
That came as he left a downtown Portland hotel Friday morning accompanied by his Secret Service detail. He told a KGW reporter Jennifer Iveson, "I'm going to have a good workout."
Obama collected about $200,000 during a Portland fundraiser and rally in September.
Democratic rival New York Sen. Hillary Clinton hasn't yet been to Oregon during her presidential campaign.
A frenzy developed on the Portland Craigslist Web site in the hours after all the Portland tickets were given away.
Desperate posts began to appear on Craigslist, including a teenager who just came of voting age, pleading for the chance to hear a presidential hopeful. On the other side, there was a lucky ticket-holder who offered to give up his seats in exchange for an X-Box 360.
Ballots for the mail-in primary go out in six weeks. The results are tallied on May 20.
It will be Obama’s second visit to Oregon.
Tickets to his Portland event sold out before 1 p.m. Wednesday. |
Chrishayden
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Username: Chrishayden
Post Number: 6487
Registered: 03-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, March 22, 2008 - 11:08 am: |
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That hurt--but it ain't over yet
Do you recall that scene in "Citizen Kane" where Kane is running for some office or other and his opponent comes in and Kane's wife calls him a gentleman, and he says, "Excuse me, m'am. I ain't a gentleman"
This is playing for keeps. Hillary and Bill will stop at nothing.
Obama better wear his bullet proof vest and be careful who he eats with and what he eats. |
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