LAT: Obama's campaign has a new wrinkle

[ellisonz]

Obama's campaign has a new wrinkle

He makes inroads with seniors, floating an end to income tax for some. Still, Clinton's ahead with those key Iowa voters.
By Janet Hook, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
November 18, 2007

MUSCATINE, IOWA -- Barack Obama may be the darling of the college set, but the Medicare crowd is another story. While young Democratic voters have gravitated to his presidential campaign, seniors have stampeded to Hillary Rodham Clinton's.

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The stakes in the battle for seniors are especially high in Iowa, because the state's presidential nominating caucuses -- which are widely seen as a make-or-break first test for Obama -- have traditionally been dominated by senior citizens.

Even as Obama tries to mobilize legions of college-age activists, he is also reaching out to older voters with events tailored to their interests. He is, alone among the Democratic candidates, making a high-profile issue of shoring up Social Security. He has proposed abolishing the income tax for seniors making less than $50,000 a year. And he is recruiting older Iowa Democrats to teach new voters about the state's arcane caucus system.

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In Iowa, an October Hawkeye Poll of likely Democratic caucus-goers found Obama garnering support from 24% of those over 60, nearly double his August showing.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-obama18nov18,1,175037.story?track=rss

Clinton's losing traction big time...

[silverweb]

1. :)

GObama!

[Tellurian]

6. Obama pushing the same Con-Job as Edwards, gonna take away Congresses Health Care!

If they don't pass Universal Health Care for all..

Here's the telling Key Phrase.. "AFTER I'M ELECTED!"

Bwwaaah! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[ellisonz]

7. ?

[calteacherguy]

8. huh??? nt

[JDPriestly]

9. So, when else? Of course, they will act after they are elected.

They can't act as president until after they are elected. What in the world are you talking about?

[jefferson_dem]

2. No wonder Hillary is re-tooling her Iowa campaign...

Obama is trending upward.

[ellisonz]

3. I really think she's gonna over do it.

[ellisonz]

4. Kick.

[AtomicKitten]

5. Great news.

thanks for posting