Obama's Camp GOTV in Pennsylvania

the deadline to register as a democrat is march 24 in pennsylvania and records are being set. obama could do better than expected in this state if new voters get to the polls. many of the typical voters in pennsylvania apparently are clinton (bill) supporters.

bill --that's my new theory on the support of the "budweiser" class for clinton. they won't vote for obama because he's black but they like bill, the emergency back up system.
LA times:

With time running out, the Obama campaign is engaged in a house-by-house appeal.

While Harrison and other volunteers often get a cool reception, there are some signs of progress. Statewide, the number of Pennsylvanians switching affiliation to the Democratic Party has boomed, with 57,651 signing up this year through March 14.

There is no way of knowing whether these voters are jumping to the Democratic Party to vote for Obama, but his campaign hopes that is the case. If turnout for the primary is 50%, as some analysts expect, these new converts would account for about 3% of the total vote -- and presumably a larger share of Obama's tally.

And the trend has accelerated. More than 22,000 registered as Democrats during the week of March 10, compared with 7,223 in the entire month of January.

"I've never seen numbers like this in one week," said Leslie Amorós, a spokeswoman for the Pennsylvania Department of State.

For Clinton, Pennsylvania is a must-win. With 158 delegates, the state is the largest of the 10 that have not yet voted. After nearly three months of primaries and caucuses, Clinton trails Obama by about 120 delegates.

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obama is in indiana today.
indiana and north carolina have 187 delegates, compared to pennsylvania's 158.
meanwhile, clinton is pounding the streets of pennsylvania. she has to nail pennsylvania or it really is over for her. she's been playing up pennsylvania and apparently she has plenty of inroads there and support of the governor, ed rendell.
obama's pennsylvania strategy

from WSJ: In addition to Indiana, Sen. Obama will visit North Carolina in the coming weeks. Indiana and North Carolina have primaries on May 6 with 187 delegates at stake, compared with 158 delegates up for grabs on April 22 in Pennsylvania.
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Indiana could shape up as a key battleground for the nomination. The Obama campaign put paid staffers in the state this week, and part of the state sits within the Chicago media market that closely follows Sen. Obama. The Clinton campaign will send staff into the state this weekend, including operatives who helped run the campaign's successful efforts in Ohio and Nevada. Sen. Clinton has been endorsed by Sen. Evan Bayh, the state's one Democratic senator and its former governor.

The North Carolina contest favors Sen. Obama because of the state's large number of African-American, white-collar and urban voters, but Sen. Clinton could be competitive in rural areas with more blue-collar workers.

Of the remaining primaries, Sen. Clinton is favored in Kentucky on May 13, West Virginia on May 20 and Puerto Rico on June 1. Oregon's May 20 contest could be close, while contests in South Dakota and Montana on June 3 favor Sen. Obama. "We plan to wage a very aggressive grass-roots campaign across each of those states," says Clinton spokesman Isaac Baker.

Both candidates have agreed to debate in Philadelphia next month ahead of the primary, and Sen. Obama has agreed to a North Carolina debate, which would be the 22nd time that the two candidates have debated during the current campaign.

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