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Obama- Put up fight in final primaries

Sat May 10, 2008 at 12:37:44 PM PDT

Big BO backer here. But I have to ask, why is BO putting up no fight in final primaries- He should be in West Virginia (more than 1 day fly over), and in Kentucky more (as well as OR). He should at least be using some of the cash for heavy ads in those states. I realize by going he risks charge that he tried and lost BIG- and that he want to pivot to MCCain/general, (but cant he do BOTH?). I fear the narrative- lost West Virginia big, and may lose Kentucky big, too, for the next TEN DAYS.

There are some delegates at stake-
West Va- 28
Kentucky 51 (Ore 52)

And he needs to get at least 30 % in West Va or he could get SHUT OUT in delegates (-28)(20 % of his delegate lead). Maybe its just me but I want him to scratch and claw for ever delegate possible. Never like to see the winning team coast at the end/prevent defense. Especially when it could feed the Hil "white voter problem".

CAVEAT- unless he is doing this as part of deal to let Hil get a big win Tue to then gracefully exit. But she would have had to signal dropping FLA.MI nuclear option fight- Haven't seen that yet.

WHATS UP- getting just a bit nervous here    

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