Obama's organization will force Clinton to defend her place in New York's Feb 5 primary

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Obama Giving Clinton a Race in Her Backyard
By SAM ROBERTS
Published: January 12, 2008


With Senator Barack Obama vowing to challenge Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton on her home turf, the Democratic presidential primary in New York on Feb. 5 is shaping up as the state’s most competitive since 1992, when Bill Clinton took up a rival’s mantra of change to all but cinch the nomination.

Mrs. Clinton was re-elected a little more than a year ago by better than two to one. Before the Iowa caucuses, she had so dominated opinion polls and endorsements by elected officials and powerful unions that many considered her home state impregnable to political interlopers.

But if Mr. Obama wins the South Carolina primary in two weeks, he could develop enough grass-roots support among young people, liberals and black voters in New York to pose a serious threat to her claim to the state’s rich delegate lode, allies of both candidates say.

“The expectation is that Hillary should win in New York,” said Assemblyman Adam Clayton Powell IV of Harlem, an Obama supporter. “As you know, expectations don’t always translate into votes, and so we’re going to fight in New York.”

While Mrs. Clinton’s supporters say they are certain she will win the state and, with it, the bulk of its 281 delegates, they acknowledge that to keep Mr. Obama from running even a close second, she may have to invest more precious time and money here. Twenty-one other states, including New Jersey and Connecticut, also hold primaries on Feb. 5.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/12/us/politics/12york.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

[Adelante]

1. Kick my own

:kick:

[jackson_dem]

2. Smart thinking by the Obama campaign

[Adelante]

3. It is

I didn't expect them to really go there.

[OzarkDem]

4. This whole campaign is starting to look like a reality tv show

Yeah, yeah Obama, your dick is bigger than Hillary's, of course because she's a woman and doesn't have one. Dial down the testosterone, Dude and start talking about issues.

[MzShellG]

5. GOBAMA

All the way to the white house. I really admire his confidence.