Word: columbus
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Obama, taking nothing for granted, spent Monday campaigning in Jackson, Greenville and Columbus, where his town hall meeting drew a crowd of 1,700 people, according to Columbus fire marshal Todd Weathers. He has seven offices statewide and is running two TV ads plus radio advertisements. "I think you can expect to see Obama win in a fairly easy fashion," Brown said. "Mississippi is not exactly what you would call 'Hillary country,' and I suspect she is viewed with some suspicion even among Democrats, most of whom are fairly conservative...
...victory speech was loud and strident, her written press statements challenging and boastful. But during the quiet moments at Hillary Clinton's rally in Columbus last night, and aboard her campaign plane bound for Washington early this morning, the mood was one of quiet relief. Winning Ohio and Texas means that her Presidential campaign will continue. But first it was time for weary smiles, a brief toast, and, finally, sleep...
...Clinton's supporters stood for hours in a dimly-lit hall in downtown Columbus, waiting quietly for their candidate to appear. The last two weeks had taken their toll. Senator Barack Obama had drawn closer to Clinton in the polls, and a number of Clinton's longtime allies were calling on her to quit the race. "We've all been a little worried, honestly," said Sherry Pickens, 49, a postal worker from Pataskala, Ohio who has volunteered to work phone banks for Clinton the last few weeks. "Around the campaign office, it really felt like we hit a low point...
...With the two candidates close in the polls, the final results depended on grassroots efforts to get people out to vote. That task was complicated yesterday by terrible weather all across Ohio, with ice storms in Cleveland, driving rain in Columbus and flooding across the southern part of the state. By the time Clinton spoke to the faithful in Columbus, the rain had stopped, and it was clear that she had won Ohio by a comfortable margin. "For everybody in Ohio who's been counted out but refused to give up, this win is for you," Clinton said during...
...going to sleep well tonight," said Matt Hicks, a volunteer who organized a series of Clinton rallies in Columbus in recent weeks. Before anyone went to bed, Clinton and her surrogates were busy preparing her supporters and the nation for the fact that the Democratic primary battle was not yet finished. Some Democratic Party leaders, including Senators Ted Kennedy and John Kerry, had called on Clinton to pull out of the race if she lost in Ohio. With John McCain now assured of winning the Republican Party nomination, they worried that a protracted battle between the Democratic frontrunners would divert...