Obama vows to close the deal in last 30 days of campaign
If President Obama comes back to Los Angeles after Nov. 6, he’ll return without his ATM card to withdraw money from the city’s deep-pocketed donors for his campaign.
So Obama’s remarks to 150 or so contributors at the Ritz-Carlton on Sunday night had an air of nostalgia, along with a firm commitment to honor their support by “closing the deal” in the final 30 days of the campaign.
“To all of you here tonight, I want to say how grateful I am. But I also want to tell you we’re not finished yet,” the president said at his third and final event in the city. “So you will see me working as hard as I have ever worked for the next [30 days]. … And then, you’ll see me working as hard as I ever have over the next four years.”
As he did earlier in the night at a far more public affair, a star-studded concert that drew 6,000 to the Nokia Theatre, Obama conceded that his performance in last Wednesday’s debate was lacking. That delayed admission, at least in public, came in tandem with a renewed determination to defeat Mitt Romney.
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But, Obama said, he was not aiming to win simply for winning’s sake. He shared the story of a young man who waited him and First Lady Michelle Obama this weekend as they marked, belatedly, their 20th wedding anniversary. At the end of the meal, Obama recalled, the waiter thanked him for passing a healthcare reform law that helped his mother afford medication to prolong her life after a stroke.
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