Pretty long article, a few excerpts
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/100/story/51170.html...
The pair's trip to up-for-grabs western Pennsylvania included visits to a biodiesel fuel plant in Monaca, an ice cream store in Aliquippa and a rally in downtown Beaver.
"I want people here to know that I'm gonna be fighting as hard as I can for them and Joe Biden is gonna be fighting as hard as he can for them to create new jobs in high-growth industries like clean energy," Obama told a local TV reporter in Aliquippa.
These were the first stops on a Labor Day weekend tour of swing states, and Biden — a Scranton, Pa., native with a working-class background — is hoping to help Obama rally reluctant supporters of Sen. Hillary Clinton, who did well here in the Democratic primary.
...
The visit was designed to spotlight both his energy program, which would invest $150 billion over the next 10 years in what Obama calls "affordable, renewable sources of energy," as well as his economic plan. He would end capital-gains taxes for small businesses and start-ups, saying they will "create the high-wage, high-tech jobs of tomorrow." Obama outlined both plans in his acceptance speech on Thursday night.
Chuck Gorman, a retired construction worker from North Hills, Pa., said he thought that Obama's speech was "too long" and that he is grudgingly supporting Obama despite his concerns about Obama's lack of experience because "I have no choice." But Gorman said the selection of Biden makes him more comfortable with Obama because Biden has experience — and working-class Pennsylvania roots. "You can't get much better than Joe Biden; he's a good man," Gorman said.
...
Sen. Obama called Gov. Palin in late afternoon from his campaign bus, spokesman Robert Gibbs said. They talked for several minutes. Obama told her she would be a terrific candidate and that he looked forward to seeing her on the campaign trail. He also wished her good luck but not too much luck. Later, Biden also called Gov. Palin to congratulate her.
Obama's acceptance speech was a hit, said Thomas Brogan, a professor of political science at Albright College in Reading, Pa. "No question about it," he said. "He was able to get specific and attack his opponent, but in a very careful way."
History shows, though, that convention bounces rarely last.
...
Obama said that Friday, the third anniversary of the day Katrina hit New Orleans, was "a day to remember the disastrously inadequate response from the federal government and pledge that never again will we let bureaucratic incompetence leave disaster victims stranded and alone."
Obama is spending the week of the Republican convention on a bus tour of four key Midwestern and Northeastern states.
In Pennsylvania, the campaign planned to make 100,000 phone calls to state voters Friday, and announced plans to open 28 new field offices for a total of 57.
After a Friday night rally in Irving Square in downtown Beaver, Pa., Obama was to head for stops in the swing states of Ohio, Michigan and Indiana during the Labor Day weekend.
Biden will march in Pittsburgh's Labor Day parade, while Obama will join AFL-CIO President John Sweeney Monday at Detroit's annual Labor Day parade and rally.
...
Printer-friendly format
Email this thread to a friend
Bookmark this thread
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
