Presidential Candidate Barack Obama Was Just In Columbus, Ohio

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Candidates know Ohio is a battle-ground state. More than a year before the election, Ohio has become a political target. Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama is in Columbus today. Senator Obama talked at the Columbus Convention Center. His visit comes at a time when he is lagging far behind front-runner Hillary Clinton. The latest polls in Ohio show Obama trailing Clinton by 30 percentage points. No republican has been elected President without winning Ohio. Just two democrats have done so since 1900.


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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama pumped up a youthful crowd Friday, briefly criticizing Hillary Clinton for what he believes was a vote that makes the case for President Bush to use military action against Iran.

But he otherwise maintained a cautious stance toward the Democratic front-runner at a time when polls are showing Clinton far ahead of Obama in many states.

Obama told the crowd, many of whom looked too young to vote, that his "politics of hope" would repair an era damaged by President Bush.

"Let's face it, people are tired of George W.," he said to loud applause.

Obama, focusing more on what the Iraq war and the current administration's attitude toward the Constitution has done to the country, Obama only mentioned Clinton once, criticizing her recent vote to declare the Iranian Revolutionary Guard a terrorist organization. Some, including Obama, have said the vote could give President Bush the authority to attack Iran, just as Congress authorized him to go to war with Iraq.

Obama then launched into how his experience as a community organizer and in the Illinois state senator and his current job as a U.S. senator has prepared him for the nation's top job.

The small-dollar gathering and fundraiser at the Columbus Convention Center was Obama's first stop in the state since July 18, when he spoke at a rally in Cincinnati.

Recent polls in Ohio show Obama trailing Clinton, a U.S. senator from New York, by 30 percentage points. Just two Democrats have been elected president without winning Ohio since 1900, and the GOP has never won the White House without Ohio.

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1. Photos: Barack Obama in Columbus, OH, where he received the endorsement of Mayor Mike Coleman

Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks to a crowd of supporters during a campaign stop Friday, Oct. 26, 2007, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)

Obama Endorsed by Columbus Mayor
By STEPHEN MAJORS

The Associated Press
Friday, October 26, 2007; 2:13 PM

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama accepted the endorsement Friday of Columbus Mayor Mike Coleman, the first black mayor of the nation's 15th largest city.

"He has the optimism and the ability to get things done," Coleman said told a youthful crowd at a rally.

Obama praised Coleman as a "trailblazer who has made Columbus a model for cities across the country."

"Whether it's by promoting sustainability through his Get Green initiative or creating jobs and keeping a balanced budget even as Ohio faced a tough economic climate, Mayor Coleman has built coalitions and united Democrats and Republicans to get things done," Obama said in excerpts of his remarks released later by his campaign.

Two other Democratic mayors of large cities, Richard M. Daley of Chicago and Adrian M. Fenty of Washington, also have endorsed Obama.

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