The Obama Strategy in Pennsylvania

Following last night's huge win in Mississippi, the Obama strategy is, in a nutshell, to play down Pennsylvania, thus eliminating the media suspense behind it.  According to the campaign this morning, Obama will also campaign early and hard in North Carolina.  This doesn't mean he is writing off Pennsylvania.  He will campaign hard there too.  But just think -- if Obama loses both Pennsylvania and North Carolina, he is in big trouble.  Better to campaign for both now, rather than putting all the eggs into one basket and doubling down on Pennsylvania.  The campaign believes that the number of delegates gained by a Hillary victory in Pennsylvania can be offset by wins in the other contests.

Comments

[George]

it's a sound strategy. no sense in campaiging in PA for 40 straight days anyway. And it's good to see they're not letting the clinton's frame the election as they see fit.

Todd, you should mention in the top post that only Democrats can vote in PA so you must register explicitly as a democrat.

[bacalove]

He must fight for both and then Believe he can win both. But first he must address the Rev. Wright remark because there will be white people who will think that he supports those remarks when he does not. That is what Camp Clinton is doing divide and conquer and he should get ahead of it, if he is as smart and such good judgment as he claims.