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Obama Goes One on One, Battling ‘Just a Speechmaker’ Label
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| Contributor | Monsieur |
| Last Edited | Monsieur Jun 15, 2008 12:05pm |
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| Category | Election Guide |
| Media | Newspaper - New York Times |
| News Date | Sunday, June 15, 2008 06:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Standing before Senator Barack Obama at a campaign event Thursday in Wisconsin, a young man asked him earnestly, “What does life mean to you?"
“Oh, goodness,” Mr. Obama began. “Well, you know, I, uh, you don’t know where to start on a question like that.”
He recovered and segued into a long, soul-searching answer about the self-centeredness of his youth, his two daughters, his wife and God.
Oprah Winfrey would have been proud.
Mr. Obama, the presumptive Democratic nominee, has spent the first week of the general election campaign getting up close and personal. Fighting the perception that he is only a razzle-dazzle speechmaker who is aloof in small settings, Mr. Obama devoted most of his time on the campaign trail in the past week to intimate appearances, hosting round-table discussions with the public and touring a hospital in St. Louis, a retirement facility in Columbus, Ohio, and an all-girls charter school in Chicago. |
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