Psst… Barack Obama’s aides talking about appearance
January 23rd, 2008, 2:46 pm · 1 Comment · posted by Paul Giblin
Barack Obama at Arizona State University in October
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is likely to make an appearance in Arizona sometime next week. At least that’s what aides at his Phoenix campaign headquarters are telling anyone who calls to inquire.
Obama’s campaign schedule is booked only about two days in advance, so it’s difficult to forecast for certain beyond that, according to people who answer the phones at 22 E. Mitchell Drive, in Phoenix. Still, campaign workers are hopeful the senator from Illinois will land in Arizona before the state’s presidential preference election on Feb. 5.
One of the campaign’s media spokesmen declined to discuss Obama’s potential campaign stop with me when I told him I was seeking on-the-record sources on the matter.
And no, I can’t possibly begin to explain any strategic advantage to discussing Obama’s potential appearance in Arizona to anyone and everyone who calls – except reporters who can reach thousands and thousands of voters at once.
In the meantime, time is running out for Obama. Arizona’s presidential preference election is in 13 days, and Obama is way behind Hillary Clinton in the latest nonpartisan statewide poll.
January 25th, 2008 at 5:32 am
It would be very helpful to have Obama take the time to visit Arizona. I was in “favor” of all three top Democrats early in the fall; now, it is tougher to chose and I AM voting on February 5th!
The direction the Obama and Clinton camps have taken is pushing me hard for the one candidate I have had the pleasure to hear live and shake hands with: John Edwards.