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Thursday, February 21, 2008
Cleveland mayor endorses Obama
Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson today, Feb. 21 endorsed Sen. Barack Obama for president, putting Jackson at odds with U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, the Democrat who represents Cleveland in the U.S. House. Tubbs Jones backs Sen. Hillary Clinton for president.
Jackson’s endorsement means each candidate will have a high-profile local backer when they square off Tuesday, Feb. 26 in their debate in Cleveland.
Jackson announced his endorsement at a community gathering in Cleveland with Obama’s wife, Michelle Obama, a press release said.
“As the Mayor of Cleveland I know first hand the struggles that working families face, and how desperately we need a new direction in Washington,” Jackson said in the press release. “Sen. Obama provides the real change Americans so urgently need, and has spent his life fighting for working families. He is committed to revitalizing the urban core of America, fighting poverty, bringing good-paying jobs back to Ohio, and lowering health care costs.”
“Mayor Jackson set a model for urban leaders across the country with his plan to restore our nation’s cities,” Obama said in the press release. “It’s time we turn the page on the division that has kept us from focusing on the issues that really matter, like ensuring our inner city schools receive the resources required to educate our children, that every American has access to quality, affordable health care, and that we make the economy work for working families.
Also announcing her endorsement of Obama this week was Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann’s wife Alyssa Lenhoff-Dann.
Dayton Mayor Rhine McLin still has not endorsed a candidate for president.
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New poll shows Dem race in Ohio getting closer
An ABC News-Washington Post poll released on Thursday, Feb. 21, has Hillary Clinton’s lead over Barack Obama at 7 points. Clinton is at 50 percent, Obama at 43 percent. Clinton holds a 16-percentage point lead over Obama among Ohio Democrats from union households, who comprise one in four of the party’s likely voters. Obama has an 11-percentage point edge over Clinton when Democrats are asked who is more electable in November. Even some groups that normally back Clinton; including women and non-college graduates; are split over who has the best chance to capture the White House. She’s more trusted than Obama to oversee the economy. Clinton as usual is running strongly among seniors and loyal Democrats, while Obama does well with blacks, college graduates, higher earning people and the young. A third overall said they could still change their minds. The ABC News-Washington Post poll was conducted Feb. 16-20 and involved telephone interviews with 611 likely Democratic voters in Ohio. It had a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.
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Hillary Clinton to Dayton area on Saturday; Obama on Monday
Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will visit Huber Heights on Saturday, Feb. 23, her campaign said today. Clinton’s “Solutions for America” rally will be at noon at Wayne High School, 5400 Chambersburg Road. The event is open to the public Sen. Barack Obama visits on Monday and details are also not yet available. It will be Clinton’s second visit to Dayton and Obama’s first in their battle to win Ohio’s March 4 primary. Clinton will also visit Cincinnati on Saturday. Obama will visit Cincinnati on Monday.
Obama coming to Dayton
Sen. Barack Obama will be in Dayton, Monday, Feb. 25, his campaign announced this morning.
Obama, D-Ill., will be in Dayton as part of a bus tour through the state that will kick off 5:30 p.m. Saturday in Akron at the John S. Knight Center at 77 E. Mill Street. The bus tour will also bring Obama to Cleveland, Toledo and Cincinnati.
He’ll be in Cincinnati and Dayton Monday, but the campaign did not release details of the visit. So you know the routine: We’ll give them to you as we get them…
