Bredesen On Obama In The New York Times

By Kleinheider Posted on August 17, 2008 at 3:01 pm

Mike Byrd points out the friendly advice given the Democratic Presidential nominee by our governor:

“Instead of giving big speeches at big stadiums, he needs to give straight-up 10-word answers to people at Wal-Mart about how he would improve their lives” …

…Mr. Bredesen, of Tennessee, said that while the Democrats had little chance of carrying his state — the Obama camp is sending Mr. Bredesen to campaign in other states — Mr. Obama could still take steps to appeal to undecided Democrats there that might increase his chances elsewhere.

“I would really like to see him do things in Tennessee that would help in other working-class and blue-collar places, like Ohio,” Mr. Bredesen said. “Job security and health care are huge here. He needs to come to the aisle of Home Depot and show them that a Harvard graduate — which I am as well — knows how to help them.”

SEE ALSO: The Bill Hobbs spin.

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Bredesen on Obama in the Wall Street Journal
Bredesen on Obama in McClatchy

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