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...running mate, he surely had Scranton, Pennsylvania, on his mind. Biden, Delaware's senior Senator, was born in this former coal-mining town two hours north of Philadelphia - a point made countless times during his anointment as the Democratic Party's Vice Presidential candidate. To win the crucial swing state, Obama needs help in towns like Scranton, where Hillary Clinton won 74% of the vote in the Democratic primary and where many are still offended by Obama's remarks about "bitter" small town Pennsylvania voters...
...There's palpable anxiety among convention delegates here about Barack Obama's failure to separate himself from John McCain in the national polls. But Plouffe, who is more unflappable than his famously unflappable candidate, says the campaign is putting a heavy emphasis on swing voters, and, "we like who these undecided voters...
...Plouffe also contended that John McCain's attacks on Obama's character, while giving the GOP nominee a short-term boost in the polls, are causing "a real erosion" of the presumptive Republican nominee's image among these swing voters, and particularly among women. "McCain," he said, "is at more of a high-water mark than...
...hoping to use the convention to answer any lingering questions in people's minds. While the Denver fete is a celebration of the base and a uniting of the party, Obama's appearances this week foreshadow what he hopes to spend the next two months focusing on: convincing swing voters that he's their man. "The more I can speak with undecideds, independents, Republicans," Obama says, "the better off this campaign is going to be, because I think I can make the case I'm the right choice for them. That's what I want to spend my time doing...
Political parties tend to get pragmatic after years in the wilderness. In 1992, sobered by three straight losses, Democrats nominated Bill Clinton, hoping his moderate, Democratic Leadership Council-formed policies would expand the party's appeal to swing voters. George W. Bush used a similar tactic in 2000, running as a "compassionate conservate" and lecturing his Republican colleagues for "balancing budgets on the backs of the poor...