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New Offices Open
posted 6:51 pm Sat July 19, 2008 - Lynchburg,VA
reporter: Manuel Quinones
posted by: Amy Hultstrand
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama (web|news|bio) is making a major push to win Virginia in November. Saturday the campaign opened 20 field offices around the Commonwealth. A crowd gathered to open this office in downtown Lynchburg Saturday morning.
Local party leader John Lawrence says it's the first time a democratic presidential candidate has had an official campaign office here since Lyndon Johnson. He says the effort will pay off.
John Lawrence, Lynchburg Democrats - "Because this is an area that can go Obama. He's reaching out to people. We have a lot of disaffected voters in this region."
The Obama camapign also has offices in Blacksburg, Danville, Martinsville and Roanoke.
And Republican candidate John McCain (web|news|bio) currently has six offices in Virginia. The one in Roanoke will open on Monday. A campaign spokesperson says they plan to open more in the commonwealth as the election gets closer.
Talkback: New Offices Open
rydaldude
3:03 pm on 07/20/08
I think Obama WILL do well in the urban/suburban parts of the state but not in the rural areas however this is only my opinion. I have met many repubicans who have felt betrayed to their party bc they are now in worse financial shape and believe that the war in Iraq was a big a lie. Let's be honest here, the Democrats are not going to amend the 2nd amendment and the Supreme Court, even with a Conservative majority ,is NOT going to overrturn Roe v. Wade. Get informed and make an educated decision - either Republican, Democrat, or Independent.
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