Obama: The slow rollout?
Posted: Thursday, May 08, 2008 9:10 AM by Mark Murray
The Boston Globe: "The Obama campaign declined to discuss superdelegate strategy, and Obama superdelegates on Capitol Hill smile enigmatically when asked if the endorsements have been scheduled for dramatic effect. 'In view of [Clinton's] wish to prolong what I think is the inevitable, I think the campaign is setting its strategy accordingly,' said Representative Paul Hodes, a New Hampshire Democrat who was among the first House lawmakers to back Obama."
More: " 'I think people come in [as supporters], and I think the campaign orchestrates their announcements,' said Tad Devine, a veteran Democratic strategist not working for either presidential contender. 'Right now, I think the Obama campaign has a lot more incoming,' but is deliberately not unveiling them all at once, Devine said. 'I don't think they want to muscle Hillary Clinton out of the race,' Devine added. 'They have to be really concerned about how they win it. If he is perceived as having shoved her out, that could be bad.'"
The Los Angeles Times: "Obama hasn't managed after months of political combat to force Hillary Rodham Clinton out of the presidential race, so he's about to try another approach: ignoring her. Confident that he has built a near-impregnable lead, his campaign aides said Wednesday that Obama would begin shifting his focus toward the general election.”
“Obama still plans to campaign in states that remain on the primary calendar -- he is to appear in Oregon over the weekend -- but he may also start showing up in states that are considered important in the November contest: Ohio, Florida and Pennsylvania. (All three have held their Democratic primaries.) With Clinton's hopes of capturing the Democratic nomination dimming, Obama needs to prepare for the prospect of a general election matchup with the presumptive Republican nominee, Sen. John McCain of Arizona, aides said."
The New York Daily News' cover has a photo of Obama, blaring headline: "It's his Party."
Who bets that Obama's first major new policy speech in the next few weeks will be on Israel and it will take place in South Florida? Today, the campaign posts an op-ed from Obama celebrating Israel's 60th birthday.
