 OBAMA HAS WON IOWA, AND HAS EATEN AWAY HILLARY'S LEAD IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Obama trails Senator Clinton 32-26% according to the realclearpolitics data from the Zogby tracking poll among New Hampshire voters, conducted January 3rd 2008. Obama is riding his "surge" following his sweeping victory in the Iowa Caucus. New Hampshire voters will not be so easy to win over, and no candidate can claim an easy victory in New Hampshire. Obama hit the road using his retail politics techniques and showing an incredible upward climb in N.H. and is making the Clinton camp panic.
Obama addressing folks using some of McCain's language, is attempting to use the same mantle that McCain used in 2000 when the Arizona senator upset then-governor George W. Bush in N.H.
"If you know who you are, if you know what you believe in, if you know your principles, if you know what you are fighting for, then you can reach out to those you don't agree with," he told a crowd of more than 1,500, including students, assembled in a Concord, N.H., high school. "If they are Republicans and independents who are working with me, that makes us stronger."
With New Hampshire debates looming, Clinton and Obama have issued under-the-skin jabs at each other and are showing folks that it is crunch time. Clinton has said of Obama;
"I know that the next president will embody the hopes and dreams of all of us, but I also know that they cannot be false hopes. "We have to pick a president who is ready on Day One to do the job, the tough and difficult job," said Clinton, seeking to become America's first female president.
Obama tells New Hampshire voters; "You the people of New Hampshire can build the coalition that we have not seen in a generation," he said, implicitly contrasting his appeal with what critics say is Clinton's divisive image.
ORIGINAL ARTICLE:
Obama appeals to N.H. independents CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Democrat Barack Obama appealed to New Hampshire's famously unaligned voters, embracing all political persuasions and borrowing language from Republican John McCain, a favorite of New Hampshire's independent voters eight years ago. "If you know who you are, if you know what you believe in, if you know your principles, if you know what you are fighting for, then you can reach out those you don't agree with," he told a crowd of more than 1,500, including students, assembled in a Concord high school. He said he would demand sacrifice from Americans when necessary and be frank about his goals and his approach to governing. Then, lifting McCain's catch phrase, he added: "We need someone who exercises straight talk instead of spin."
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