March 24, 2008
SEIU Won't Do TV In PA For Obama, Yet
PHILADELPHIA - SEIU leaders said they are planning to focus on "member-to-member" contact throughout PA instead of airing ads for Barack Obama.
"We think in Pennsylvania, the more workers can talk to workers, the more influential we can be," said Anna Burger, SEIU Secretary-Treasurer, in a conference call with reporters Monday.
There are more than 75,000 SEIU members in the Keystone State, and the union is setting up eight sites across Pennsylvania. Until today, the deadline voters to register, the group's focus has been on signing up people to vote. The next step will be educating members.
While the SEIU aired ads in OH for Obama, the group doesn't have plans to go on TV or radio in PA at this time. "But that could change," Burger said.
"We think the candidates are spending so much on the air, its more important for us to be on the door and on the ground," she added.
After a compressed primary schedule earlier this year, and with a month until PA votes, union officials said the extra time has allowed them to update their membership rolls and to get their field operations up to speed. The prep time has lessened the urgency for TV and radio spots. Burger said members have been spontaneously reaching out to union officials, interested in the race and getting involved.
When asked if Obama could win the union vote in Pennsylvania, with polls showing Hillary Clinton with a 15-point advantage, Burger said she thinks "we can narrow the gap."
(NBC/NJ's MATTHEW BERGER)
Posted at 02:13 PM
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Hillary is going to win - because the "vast right-wing conspiracy" Republican party (including my own cousin) switched their political affiliation to "Democrat" just for the PA primary.
However, even with Limbaugh's and the GOP's assistance, Hillary is (still) not going to get the magic 64% of the inflated PA "Democratic" vote on April 22. The Clintons and their new buddies, Rush Limbaugh and Richard Mellon Scaife are not as all-powerful political manipulators as they think.
Thus, even though she'll win PA, the numbers still will not favor her. That is, unless she successfully STEALS Obama's delegates.
Prantha | 03.26.08 05:37 PM
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