Obama visits GOP stronghold, S.E. Mo.

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stltoday.com     May 13, 2008            

Sen. Barack Obama leaves the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill after a workout this morning, before campaigning in Missouri. (Victoria Burke/AP) From a political standpoint, Democrat presidential frontrunner Barack Obama flew into enemy territory today: the Republican stronghold of... [read full story]                

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Line of the Night

ky3.blogspot.com     May 13, 2008          

"I am sure there are people in Missouri that won't vote for Barack Obama because he's black, but there are not that many of them. I don't think that's going be a deal breaker."---Sen. Claire McCaskill, quoted in the Los Angeles Times on the untested racial hurdle Obama...                

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Obama campaigns in southeast Missouri

kmov.com     May 13, 2008          

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) -- Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama was planning a stop in Missouri on Tuesday, a scheduled economic town hall meeting at Cape Girardeau in southeast Missouri. The senator from Illinois will be joined at the invitation-only event by U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill,...                

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Obama Heads to Missouri

nytimes.com     May 13, 2008          

With a big defeat expected in West Virginia today, Senator Barack Obama is ramping up his efforts to affect the manner of a general election candidate with a visit to Cape Girardeau, in the potential swing state of Missouri, for a town hall meeting later today. Cape Girardeau is where the radio...                

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The Caucus: As West Virginia Votes, Obama Heads Elsewhere

nytimes.com     May 13, 2008          

With a big defeat expected in West Virginia today, Senator Barack Obama is ramping up his efforts to affect the manner of a general election candidate with a visit to Cape Girardeau, in the potential swing state of Missouri, for a town hall meeting later today. Cape Girardeau is where the radio...                

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Obama's Kentucky visit canceled; Cape event still on

semissourian.com     May 13, 2008          

The U.S. Senate was making short work of a series of votes that took U.S. Sen. Barack Obama off the campaign trail today prior to his visit to Cape Girardeau. An early morning event in Lexington, Ky., was canceled so Obama could be in the Senate for a vote to suspend oil shipments to the...                

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Obama visit not open to public

semissourian.com     May 13, 2008          

Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., spoke at a town hall-style meeting Monday in Charleston, W. Va. Obama will visit Cape Girardeau today. (Jae C. Hong ~ Associated Press ) U.S. Sen. Barack Obama's visit to Cape Girardeau will be a chance for him to hear the daily concerns...                

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Obama: Don't fund independent groups

cbsnews.com     May 13, 2008          

Major donors concluding that Obama wants to cut off funds to outside groups, especially media 527s. Senator Barack Obama’s campaign is steering the candidate’s wealthy supporters away from independent Democratic groups, calling into question what had been expected to be the groups’ central role...                

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Obama Camp Working To Prevent Donors From Funding Independent Groups

huffingtonpost.com     May 13, 2008          

Senator Barack Obama's campaign is steering the candidate's wealthy supporters away from independent Democratic groups, calling into question what had been expected to be the groups' central role in this year's Democratic offensive against Senator John McCain. Obama's national finance chairwoman,...                

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Stumping in Missouri and Michigan, Obama targets McCain, not Clinton

startribune.com     May 13, 2008          

By CHARLES BABINGTON , Associated Press CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - But on Tuesday, Obama gave the clearest sign yet that he considers the Democratic presidential nomination in the bag, and he's not waiting for a Clinton concession speech to start campaigning all-out against Republican Sen. John...                

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Obama begins fall campaign in earnest

wtop.com     May 13, 2008          

Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., walks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 13, 2008. Not officially, of course, because Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has not conceded defeat, and Sen. Barack Obama has not secured enough delegates to make it mathematically impossible...                

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