HRC will be in CA Sunday addressing United Farm Workers convention on a bill she & Obama cosponsored

[highplainsdem]

When I first read this news story tonight my heart sank because I'd misread it as meaning both she and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., would be there on Saturday, which would seem to rule out the possibility she'd be Obama's VP.

Then I noticed she'd be there on Sunday, not Saturday.

And if by some chance Obama appeared at the same time, addressing the UFW convention about the AgJOBS bill they cosponsored... What a perfect campaign event!


http://www.fresnobee.com/406/story/811694.html

Hillary Clinton, Robert Kennedy Jr. coming to Fresno
By Vanessa Colón / The Fresno Bee08/20/08 18:06:23

U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton and Robert Kennedy Jr. will speak in Fresno this weekend at the United Farm Workers of America’s 18th Constitutional Convention. Kennedy will speak on behalf of Barack Obama’s presidential campaign at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at the Fresno Convention Center. On Sunday, Clinton will address the convention at 2 p.m. The convention will focus on the union’s campaign for the AgJobs bill, a bi-partisan measure that would allow undocumented workers to earn legal status in the United States. Obama and Clinton are co-authors of the legislative measure negotiated between the UFW and the agriculture industry.

The United Farm Workers endorsed Clinton in the primaries. They endorsed Obama in June, after she conceded, but he accepted the endorsement by phone. As far as I know, he hasn't appeared before the UFW since then.

[SwampG8r]

1. good for her

[highplainsdem]

2. I hope she'll be his VP and that this is one of the campaign events between the announcement and the

start of the convention. UFW support is very important, and the fact Obama and Clinton cosponsored that bill underlines the fact that they can work together.

[scheming daemons]

3. Obama and his VP's schedule between Saturday and the convention involves only swing states...

Not California.



Sorry.

[highplainsdem]

4. We'll see...

[highplainsdem]

5. I'm looking at Electoral-vote.com.

Clinton's in Florida now.

Between the speech in Springfield on Saturday, and Monday, if they head west, they could stop in Missouri, Minnesota, North or South Dakota, Montana, Nevada, and Fresno, CA, before going to Denver.

The UFW convention would be such an ideal campaign appearance.

[highplainsdem]

6. Obama & Clinton in VA & FLA this week. Tour of western swing states gets close to Fresno.

And yes, I know, California is not a swing state.

But the UFW convention is a PERFECT campaign appearance for Obama. Especially if Clinton is there as his running mate.

Yes, we can!

Si, se puede!


If Clinton ISN'T the VP -- and if she's getting an amazing response from the UFW at the same time Obama might be running into disappointment with a non-Clinton choice -- the media coverage of the UFW reaction to her, along with mention that she'd cosponsored the AgJOBS bill with Obama, could make his VP choice look even more disappointing by contrast.

By the way, although there is no news I can find yet about her schedule for Saturday, she is back in NY tomorrow. She'll be at the state fair and will take a stroll through the fairgrounds around noon.

http://www.syracuse.com/entertainment/index.ssf?/base/news-1/1219308967284330.xml&coll=1

Bill will NOT be with her, according to that article.

He has been at the fair with her, at least some other years.

But if she is going to be Obama's running mate, his presence tomorrow would be a distraction for the media.

Anyway, if she is VP, appearances in NY and California are in states with 86 electoral votes. States the Democrats usually win and absolutely have to win.

Florida is a swing state this year - 27 electoral votes.

And Obama and Clinton could make quick stops in Missouri, Minnesota, and the western swing states.

As opposed to -- what sorts of appearances? -- with Biden or Kaine or Bayh or Sibelius. How many large states and swing states would have a visit from the nominee and running mate the week before the election, if it's anyone except Clinton?

This is the ticket -- and the campaign schedule -- with maximum electoral impact.