Barack Obama, Bill Clinton in Valley this week
January 28th, 2008, 5:15 pm · 4 Comments · posted by Paul Giblin
Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton
Barack Obama and Bill Clinton announced plans to campaign in the Valley this week, moves that underscore the importance both Obama’s and Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaigns are placing on Arizona.
Arizona will conduct its presidential preference election Feb. 5, one of two dozen states that will stage primary elections and caucuses on Super Duper Tuesday.Obama is set to headline a rally Wednesday, Jan. 30, at Veterans Memorial Coliseum, at 1826 W. McDowell Road, in Phoenix. The former home of the Phoenix Suns accommodates 14,870 spectators.
The doors are scheduled to open at 3:30 p.m., though the exact time of Obama’s appearance has yet to be set. The senator for Illionois is slated to speak at a rally in Colorado, another Super Duper Tuesday state, earlier in the day.Obama last appeared in Arizona at Arizona State University in Tempe on Oct. 19. Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton campaign officials confirmed that former President Bill Clinton will campaign for his wife in the Valley on Thursday, the specific time and location have yet to be confirmed.
Bill Clinton will follow the public appearance with a private fund-raiser at the home of former state Democratic Party chairman Jim Pederson later in the evening.
Hilliary Clinton appeared for an overflow crowd at a high school in Laveen last week and spoke to Arizona reporters in a conference call today, Jan. 28. Hillary Clinton had a 6 percentage point lead against Obama in the lastest statewide poll in Arizona, but Obama is gaining…
January 28th, 2008 at 7:39 pm
I used to be a Republican but changed my mind during Bush’s presidency. Believe me, Republicans want Clinton or Obama to win in the primaries. They would both be easy to beat in all or most red states in a general election. If Bush won his reelection in spite of everyone knowing the war in Irag was a mistake and his low approval ratings, how can we expect Clinton or Obama to win against McCain in southern states, for example?
John Feeherty, a REPUBLICAN strategist made the following statement on MSNBC last December:
“I think we would be delighted with either Hillary or Obama. EDWARDS is the one who scares me the most because he’s a southern democrat. Southern democrats are the ones that usually win!”
Check it out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ir5Ee2CE-8Q
January 28th, 2008 at 11:43 pm
I KEEP WONDERING WHAT BILL CLINTON IS GOING TO TELL PEOPLE IN ARIZONA, AFTER HE HAD DELIVERED A VALIDATORY SPEECH ON BEHALF OF HILLARY IN SOUTH CAROLINA. AMERICANS ARE NOT READY TO NURSE A PRESIDENT WHO ACCEPTS DEFEAT BEFORE RESULT. JUST AS THE CLINTONS DID IN SOUTH CAROLINA. I GUESS THE MESSAGE IS CLEAR TO THEM THAT THE PEOPLE ARE TIRED OF THE OLD SYSTEM. MAYBE ANOTHER INTERESTED WOMAN SHOULD COME UP FOR THIS OFFER.
January 29th, 2008 at 8:49 am
It amazes me that Mr. Obama allegedly has a Harvard law degree and was a Constitutional law professor and does not know anything about the Constitution of the United States. Our Constitution states that the federal government derives its power from the people; if a power is not expressly stated in our Constitution, the federal government does not have that power. Yet, Mr. Obama is promising to regulate health care, education, social security, guns, etc.; none of which is permitted by our Constitution.
He is preaching hope and change yet promising more of the same - ignoring our Constitution.
I implore the citizens of the United States not to buy into the Communist agenda that Mr. Obama promises. Vote for Ron Paul who will restore Democracy. See his website at: http://www.RonPaul2008.com
February 1st, 2008 at 1:37 pm
These opinions are irrelevent. The only thing wrong with Obama is that he is an idealist, and that is only a fault in some cases. It does not appear to be so with him. Contrary to even his own opinion, Obama is NOT a polititions. Polititions are, by their very natures, sleazier than the lawyers that many are, and more efficient carrions than vultures, and still, these are the people that we choose to lead our country.
If you don’t support Obama, that’s fine, but please do not stoop the petty level of insulting a man who is only doing as he believes to be right.
Idealism is an attribute that can only be fully realized when put in a position of power. This, as with anything, is a risk, but it’s a risk I’m willing to take.