Hillary Urges Donors To Contribute To Obama's Efforts In Ohio, Vows Extensive Campaigning In The State

By Greg Sargent - September 22, 2008, 4:13PM
Hillary just held a private conference call with Ohio Governor Ted Strickland and dozens of donors to her campaign and to Ohio Dems, urging them to plow funds into the coffers of the Ohio state party so it can help execute the ground game on Barack Obama's behalf, a Hillary aide confirms to me.
"There isn't any doubt that Ohio once again will be the pivotal state in this election and I know that it's extremely close in the state," Hillary told the donors, according to excerpts of the call sent our way by her office.
Hillary also promised extensive future visits to the state on Obama's behalf. "I will be back campaigning up and down the state to make the case that the failed leadership of the last eight years should not be rewarded with another four," she told the donors.
Hillary also predicted that the economic meltdown would persuade Ohioans to back the Democrat. "I think that as we go through this very serious economic crisis, more and more Ohioans are going to say: 'Wait a minute we need a new vision. We need new leadership. We need a new hand on the tiller,'" Hillary said.
Hillary also will release a so-called radio actuality that can be played on local radio stations urging people to join up her new "Hillary Sent Me" program. Hillary aides promise more such localized fundraising calls and activities in the future, part of a ramped up effort on her part to help Obama in the hard-fought battleground states.
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