He doesn’t have to win in all the small towns. He did win the white vote and the working class vote in Oregon. It was a landslide.
You’re kidding yourself about how “easy” it is to draw 75,000 to a rally.
I mean, really now, it’s pretty amusing … 
>Teri Pittman:
He didn’t win in the small towns. He won in the I-5 corridor. Oregon has been filling up with people from a lot of states, primarily California and has changed considerably since the 70s when we first moved in. And that large crowd? No one seems to be talking about the band that opened for him, a band that has been able to draw 10-20,000 people on their own. Couple that with a rare sunny day and just about anyone could draw a large crowd in Portland.
Obama campaigned in Oregon because he is comfortable with the folks in those cities. He did not campaign in Kentucky for the same reason he avoided West Virginia. He’s not comfortable with those voters and as pretty much indicated that he despises them. They are returning the love.
May 21, 2008 – 1:48 pm
