|
|
Article: ELECTION 2008; PRESIDENTIAL RACE; Obama blazes trail into Wisconsin; After 3 primary wins, he rallies in Madison; Clinton campaigns in Texas
- Article from:
- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- February 13, 2008
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright 2008 The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
|
Madison -- With three more lopsided victories in Virginia,
Maryland and the District of Columbia on Tuesday, Democrat Barack
Obama arrived in Wisconsin like a February freight train, telling a
roaring Kohl Center crowd of more than 17,000 that "tonight we're on
our way."
"We have now won east and west, north and south and across the
heartland of this country we love. . . . This is the new American
majority," Obama said in a speech that invoked issues from NAFTA to
Iraq, took shots at likely GOP nominee John McCain and offered a nod
to Wisconsin's progressive roots.
With his showdown against rival Hillary Rodham Clinton in this
state only seven days away, both campaigns cranked up their ...