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Clinton campaign Conference Call on State of the Race

May 14th, 2008 by Staff · No Comments

The Clinton campaign held a State of the Race conference call today to discuss last night’s victory and the road ahead. (1:05:47)

 
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Clinton campaign holds State of the Race campaign call with high display of confidence

May 14th, 2008 by Staff · No Comments

Today the Clinton campaign held a “State of the Race” conference call. Terry McAuliffe, campaign chairman and Phil Singer, Deputy Communications Director, were both on hand to comment. McAuliffe started off by discussing last night and the scope of their victory. He stated that Clinton won by 41 percent and that, “we are in this thing.” The campaign also posted a seven figure plus day for online contributions and the top forty to fifty financial contributors to the campaign were going to meet with the campaign today. McAuliffe made sure to say that there is tremendous enthusiasm within the campaign and that the issue is, “who is it that can best win the general election?”

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Obama Campaign Conference Call with Big Name Supporters

May 7th, 2008 by Staff · No Comments

Obama Campaign supporters Senators John Kerry, Amy Klobuchar, Claire McCaskill, and Governors Janet Napolitano and Deval Patrick in addition to campaign manager David Plouffe were on a conference call today to discuss the State of the Race.

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Clinton Campaign Conference call on State of the Race

May 7th, 2008 by Staff · No Comments

This morning the Clinton Campaign held a conference call discussing the State of the Race. They discussed last night’s primaries and the road ahead for the campaign. (59:01)

 
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Clinton Campaign says gas tax holiday wouldn’t increase demand

May 5th, 2008 by Jay Tamboli · No Comments

In a conference call with reporters, Clinton Chief Strategist Geoff Garin says that the suspension of the gas tax would not cause an increase in demand. He says that people aren’t going joyriding and would not do so. Most gas consumption, he says, is due to people driving to work and doing other necessary trips, so there would not be an increase. (0:59)

 
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Newest polls show Clinton is the strongest candidate to take on McCain in November

May 1st, 2008 by Staff · 1 Comment

The newest polls show that Senator Hillary Clinton is the strongest democratic candidate to take on John McCain in November, winning by 10 points.

Over the past two weeks since the Pennsylvania primary, there has been a dynamic shift in opinion on who would be the strongest democratic candidate against McCain in the general election, said Geoff Garin, chief strategist for the Clinton Campaign in a conference call today. Clinton has a comfortable lead on McCain in key swing states like Ohio and Florida, which is not the case for Obama.

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Obama Campaign Conference call on another endorsement

April 30th, 2008 by Staff · No Comments

The Obama campaign held a conference call today to announce the endorsement of Congressman Bruce Braley (D-IA). This was the third superdelegate vote Obama received today. (14:18)

 
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Another endorsement leaves Obama with big day in delegate race

April 30th, 2008 by Staff · No Comments

Congressman Bruce Braley (D-IA) announced his endorsement for Barack Obama today adding another superdelegate to Obama’s list. This was the third superdelegate vote from a member of Congress that Obama received today alone, making this lead 140 and on their way to the 285 delegate votes they need.

Braley was introduced as a champion for workers and families. His work to raise minimum wage and trade laws that benefit workers was also noted. Braley said that he initially pledged his superdelegate vote to John Edwards, but when he dropped out of the race, Braley decided he would take his time on making his decision as to who his vote would go to. After much deliberation, he decided to endorse Obama, making him the 19th superdelegate that had supported Edwards and now supports Obama.

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Obama Conference Call on FEC complaint

April 30th, 2008 by Staff · No Comments

The Obama campaign held a conference call today to discuss their FEC complaint that is being filed against a pro-Hillary group that yesterday ran an attack ad against Obama. Barack Obama’s Campaign Chief Counsel Bob Bauer and state Representative Matt Pierce were on the call to discuss the complaint. (25:54)

 
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Obama Campaign holds conference call about FEC complaint against Clinton group

April 30th, 2008 by Staff · No Comments

The Obama Campaign held a conference call today to talk about their FEC complaint against a pro-Clinton group called the ALP, or American Leadership Project. The campaign claims that they are a “so-called” 527 political group that is run by Jason Kinney, who happens to be the son of a Hillary Clinton Indiana state co-chair.

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