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It's time for Obama to hoop it up for Hoosiers
Experts outline what the senator must do to win the Indiana primary.
> Do you think Barack Obama will beat Hillary Clinton in Indiana and North Carolina?
Thursday, April 24, 2008
COLUMBUS — It's hoops-happy Indiana's time to be the make-or-break state in the Democratic presidential sweepstakes and Ohio political consultant Jerry Austin thinks he knows how Barack Obama can close the gap with working-class voters that hurt him in Pennsylvania and Ohio:
Grab a basketball, head to the local Y for a pickup game and start throwing some elbows.
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It'd make a great TV spot, revealing a more human, relaxed Obama, said Austin.
"Even when he wants to look relaxed, you don't see him in a golf shirt. You see him in a dress shirt," said Austin. But on the basketball court, "He's all elbows. He can shoot," Austin added.
The results Tuesday, April 22, in Pennsylvania – which Sen. Hillary Clinton won by 9 points, just shy of her 10 point win in Ohio on March 4 – exposed what appears to be a growing problem for Obama in older, Midwestern industrial states with aging populations, said Christopher Duncan, chairman of the political science department at the University of Dayton.
It's a problem that's keeping Hillary Clinton's campaign alive, he said. "The longer this draws out, the bigger the connection gap seems to become between Barack Obama and middle America," said Duncan.
Clinton's victories in these states also show she's more electable in November, said Clinton backer James Ruvolo, a former Ohio Democratic Party chairman.
Austin, an Obama supporter and manager of Jesse Jackson's 1988 presidential campaign, said he thinks Obama can do better in Indiana than he did in Ohio and Pennsylvania. First, the Gary area in northwest Indiana is in the Chicago media market so voters there already know the senator from Illinois. Second, Indiana has an abundance of the college towns where Obama does well, Austin said.
A Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg Poll on April 15 showed Obama with a 5-point lead in Indiana and with a 13 point lead in North Carolina, both states hold primaries on May 6.
Obama heads in to both states with a huge financial advantage. He ended March with more than $42 million in cash for the remaining primaries. Clinton, meanwhile, had debts greater than cash on hand for the rest of the primaries although her Pennsylvania win is expected to help fundraising.
Comments
By National Guard Soldier not to be named
July 28, 2008 3:43 PM | Link to this
I can’t believe that you said that about the Equal Opportunity office. Number one it is run by a woman and the former CSM that worked with her is an African American that I have great respect for. Secondly did you know that white males can not file an EQUAL OPPORTUNITY complaint. A person who feels like they have not been treated EQUALLY can not file a EQUAL Opportunity complaint. That sounds a little crazy to me. Lastly, learn how to spell Bakari.
By National Guard Soldier not to be named
July 28, 2008 3:43 PM | Link to this
I can’t believe that you said that about the Equal Opportunity office. Number one it is run by a woman and the former CSM that worked with her is an African American that I have great respect for. Secondly did you know that white males can not file an EQUAL OPPORTUNITY complaint. A person who feels like they have not been treated EQUALLY can not file a EQUAL Opportunity complaint. That sounds a little crazy to me. Lastly, learn how to spell Bakari.
By Bakari Lumumba
April 24, 2008 12:50 PM | Link to this
Bill I agree however when will whites stop acting like nothing has happened? Lets get serious here there is still issues that effect the commuity for example 3 times the ohio surpreme court has ruled that the way schools are funded in ohio are unconstiutional.But nothing has been done to change its funding!! Secondly Im in the Army National Guard and I was shocked to see a white male as the head of the EEO Program.White Males are the reason for EEO !!!!
By Bill Bridges
April 24, 2008 11:36 AM | Link to this
Racism explained is still racism. No one on this planet turns their back on human beings who make a contribution to humanity. It is time that WE come to the table to work together; without playing the race card, gender card, orientation card, class card, et.al.. We all need one another and we will never move forward together if we don’t focus on our humanity and let go of our collective hurt.
By Bakari Lumumba
April 24, 2008 9:22 AM | Link to this
I think people should wake up whites having been running this country officaly since 1776 and look where they have gotten us. It is obvious that they can’t do the job. P.S everything Jeremiah Wright sad was the truth european americans don’t like to here the truth. Nor do they understand the issue that african americans and other non-white ethnic groups face in this country.And this coming from a very well educated 24 year old black male who works in corprate america and is a college student.
By Bill Bridges
April 24, 2008 9:12 AM | Link to this
And Bakari’s statement about Anglo-Saxon underscores my view.
By Bill Bridges
April 24, 2008 9:08 AM | Link to this
Yes. Had the Jeremiah Wright issue surfaced in January, Obama would not be sitting on top of the elected delegates count. We’ve all learned that racism is a social disease. Democrats are suffering from buyers remorse and rightly so.
By Bakari Lumumba
April 24, 2008 9:04 AM | Link to this
I think he will it’s totally obvious that hillary can’t win. And I think people will wake up and see she it only in this for herself. Plus she is so fake and a liar. P.S I will neve vote for an anglo-saxon again you just can’t trust them!!
By Shirley
April 24, 2008 7:12 AM | Link to this
No, not in Indiana, but yes, in NC…He no longer is charismatic..He is starting to be vetted.