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Monday, September 22, 2008
Can Hillary turn the tide for Obama in Ohio?
(Hillary Clinton campaigns in Dayton in February.)
The liberal blog Talking Points Memo reports Hillary Clinton is planning to stump aggressively for Barack Obama in Ohio in the coming weeks and is urging her donors to contribute to the Ohio Democratic party to fund a “ground game” effort to turn out Democratic voters on Election Day.
As we know from the primary, Hillary is popular here. We also know a chunk of independent and Democratic voters here were wary of Obama back in March. Do you think Hillary can bring those folks into the Democratic column?
With John McCain polling 4-6 points ahead of Obama here, could an aggressive push by Hillary flip the state blue? I’m skeptical, but if I were Obama the two people I’d want stumping for me in the Buckeye state would be Hillary Clinton and Gov. Ted Strickland.
It appears he’s got them on board and ready to roll.
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