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Article: ELECTION 2008 Obama takes the fight to his enemy Action cools in Wisconsin, heats up in red states
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- October 23, 2008
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Leesburg, Va. -- Four years ago at this time, the blue-state
battleground of Wisconsin was a crossroads on the campaign highway,
playing nonstop host to presidential candidates, spouses, running
mates, running mates' mates and any other surrogate who could
command the attention of a camera or voter.
But this time the hottest action can be found in red states such
as Virginia, where Democrat Barack Obama held rallies in Richmond
and northern Virginia on Wednesday.
"I feel like we got a righteous wind at our backs here!" Obama
told a crowd of several thousand at a park in the outer suburbs of
Washington D.C. "We can't let up."
Speaking before Obama, the state's governor, Tim Kaine, urged ...