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Clinton still up in RI
12:15AM ON
02/23/2008
BY
Dave Segal
This is from the Globe:
Hillary Clinton leads in Rhode Island, but Barack Obama boasts a bigger lead in Vermont, according to new polls out today.
American Research Group says that Clinton has a 52 percent to 40 percent edge in Rhode Island and that Obama has a 60 percent to 34 percent lead in Vermont.
The two New England states are getting lesser billing among the March 4 primaries than Ohio and Texas, which together have 334 of the 370 delegates at stake. The showdown that today could be decisive in the Democratic race. None other than Bill Clinton, himself, said this week that Clinton needs to win both Ohio and Texas to stay in the hunt.
I should say, though — having set aside my cynicism long enough to make a few hundred phone calls for Obama last week, and in talking to volunteers at HQ — people are very hopeful about a victory here. And there’s a lot of anecdotal evidence to support those hopes.
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February 23rd, 2008 at 12:32PM
Volunteer with Obama RI | Providence Daily Dose Says:
[...] David’s right. Though the Clinton campaign is looking to Rhode Island as a possible last stand, we Obama RI supporters are determined to fight to the last minute. But we need help. We need volunteers to canvass and phone bank until March 4th. We need volunteers to devote themselves to our Get Out the Vote operation March 1-4. I know that everyone is tired and, perhaps, starting to get frustrated by the extent to which primary madness has consumed our lives. But his is a grassroots campaign; it runs on the energy of the people, and it is only as strong as we are. So when you’ve got a free moment, think about devoting it to the campaign. [...]