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Article: Obama's Economic Plan Is A Pitch to the Working Class
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- The Washington Post
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- February 14, 2008
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Sen. Barack Obama offered a detailed prescription for the ailing
U.S. economy Wednesday, answering skeptics who contend he has not
matched his inspirational talk with a mastery of policy and
targeting voters in crucial primaries in Wisconsin, Ohio and Texas.
In the aftermath of his sweeping victories Tuesday in Virginia,
Maryland and the District, Obama now has 1,275 delegates to 1,220
delegates for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.), according to an
Associated Press survey. If only pledged delegates -- those won in
primaries and caucuses -- are counted and superdelegates are
excluded, he leads by 134 delegates. Obama's campaign manager, David
Plouffe, said it would be "next to ...