Laying The Groundwork

By Kleinheider Posted on May 19, 2008 at 6:34 am

Doug Forrester discusses Hillary Clinton’s softening campaign tactics in preparation for Kentucky’s May 20th primary:

Hillary’s Kentucky campaign is appealing to voters in a drastically different way than Barack’s campaign. Obama is running as a religious candidate. Religion, faith and God aren’t to be seen in the Hillary campaign material in Kentucky.
Bill Clinton never raised religious themes either. Mostly the former President focused on allowing everyone (including Florida and the late states) a vote in the Convention.

Another theme was how Hillary “depended on voters like you”. Clinton mentioned that Barack Obama’s voters lived in urban areas, were wealthy, had college degrees and “didn’t need a President”. Class warfare has become the meat and potatoes of Clinton’s campaign.

For all that rhetoric it’s clear the Clinton campaign is treating Obama with kid gloves in Kentucky. Their focus is on turning out the Hillary voters and not on attacking Barack Obama.

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