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Article: Obama checks out market; Sharpens his message of change, jabs at Clinton as caucuses near
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- December 27, 2007
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"You want to make a good closing argument," Barack Obama is
saying Wednesday, explaining why he is sharpening and retooling his
stump speech, bolstering his message of change and methodically
working to portray Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretive and anything
but a change agent.
The Illinois senator is commenting about the tight Democratic
race in a Hy-Vee grocery store, his first visit to a food store
since he started his presidential run almost a year ago. He shook
hands and visited with surprised shoppers, asking them for their
caucus vote.
"It actually feels pretty good," he said as he picked a container
of cut-up watermelon from a cooler shelf at the grocery store here,
paying ...