Audio: McAuliffe on North Carolina and the General Election
So I was in Greensboro Thursday on some other assignments, but it turned out that Hillary Clinton's national campaign chairman, Terry McAuliffe, was going to drop by the Guilford County Courthouse.
As I was loitering about beside Market Street, the appointed hour for McAuliffe's arrival came and who should wander up the street? Right: a bunch of Barack Obama supporters chanting their hearts out:
Very odd timing.
At any rate, McAuliffe showed up shortly after and stopped to chat with some Clinton supporters who were also gathered outside the courthouse.
During a brief conversation, McAuliffe said that North Carolina was one of several southern states the eventual Democratic nominee would do well to campaign in. He also said that North Carolina could have been in play in 2004, but that then-nominee John Kerry was too slow to respond to the swift-boat accusations.
Click here to listen to some of our conversation.
I also asked if he worried the ongoing Democratic battle would give presumptive Republican nominee John McCain and advantage. As you might expect, the answer to that question was no. "I think all this excitement is good, the key is we've got to come together at the end." Click here for that.
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Hi Mark,
As someone that was involved with Thursday afternoon's march from Obama for America's Greensboro office to the Old Courthouse for early voting, I would just like to state unequivocally that the "very odd timing" was in no way tied to McAuliffe's visit.
The Obama early voting march had been scheduled several days in advance and set for 3:30 PM in order to allow enough time for supporters to be able to get through the voting queue before the 5:00 closing of the Board of Elections office.
Just wanted to clarify that, and thanks for your time.
Regards
Posted on April 18, 2008 4:13 PM