Photos: Barack Obama today on the campaign trail in Ohio

[flpoljunkie]

US Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) listens to his introduction at a community meeting on rural economy and green jobs at Hocking College Energy and Transportation Technologies in Nelsonville, Ohio March 2, 2008. REUTERS/Jim Young


Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks at a community meeting on rural economy and green jobs at the Hocking College of Energy and Technology Sunday, March 2, 2008, in Nelsonville, Ohio. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)


Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks during a community meeting on rural economy and green jobs at the Hocking College of Energy and Technology Sunday, March 2, 2008, in Nelsonville, Ohio. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)


Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., greets supporters at a campaign raLLY Sunday, March 2, 2008, in Westerville, Ohio. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)


US Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) speaks to supporters during a town hall meeting at Westerville Central High School in Westerville, Ohio March 2, 2008. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton


Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., holds up a baby as he greets supporters during a town hall meeting Sunday, March 2, 2008, in Westerville, Ohio. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

[Botany]

1. Wow!

He went to freaking Nelsonville, OH.

That is awesome.

[Coexist]

2. what's up with Nelsonville?

I don't understand.

[Yael]

5. Nelsonville:

[Botany]

8. I went to school in Athens, OH about 15 miles from Nelsonville

Nelsonville is a little town that has been hit hard by job loss
and is kinda run down.

For Obama to stop @ Hocking Tech is really a big thing in that little
town. Also it is a really smart campaign tactic too for the fall of 08.

[Coexist]

15. thanks for the info - I was just curious

I thought I missed a news story or something! I'm glad he took the time to stop there.

[Kukesa]

13. The people who live there vote? n/t

[VolcanoJen]

32. Obama's Nelsonville stop should be encouraging to Obama supporters

Obama hadn't planned to stop in Ohio this weekend, unless something in the internal polling turned around. He's very strong in southwestern, central and northern Ohio, but Hillary's been ahead in the northeast, northwest and southeast.

For him to make a last minute stop to Hocking/Nelsonville means, to me anyway, that something in the polls is telling him to get back to southeastern Ohio and fight for the vote.

Ohio University is the third largest college in Ohio; second largest is University of Cincinnati, and first is Ohio State in Columbus, by a long measure. With Obama's unprecedented ability to turn out the youth vote, every Ohio watcher should be encouraged that he seems to be polling strongest in Columbus and Cincinnati, with its large student population. It makes me happy he's fighting for those votes near Ohio University, now, too.

[FrenchieCat]

4. Yes, please....provide more info on Freaking Nelsonville, OH....

I wanna know!

[SoFlaJet]

6. hey Frenchie Cat

where can I find actual vote numbers from all the primaries combined up to this point? I know Barack is up almost a million votes in the popular count..

[grantcart]

16. go here and hit the state button

http://politics.nytimes.com/election-guide/2008/results/states/HI.html

[SoFlaJet]

17. Grant

what I'm trying to find is total popular vote numbers from all primaries and caucuses-I know I saw them on TV saying Obama was up by almost a million more votes over Clinton-if you can help I'd appreciate it

[grantcart]

22. If you go to the NYT page you can get the result state by state and

add them up - I don't know any place that has it all together.

[flpoljunkie]

18. Try the CNN link below. Click on the individual states. Also try realclearpolitics.

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/scorecard/#D

http://realclearpolitics.com/

Democrats Obama Clinton
Total Delegates 1389 1279
Pledged Delegates 1193 1038
Popular Vote 10,305,403 9,379,822

[SoFlaJet]

19. thanks FPJ

that's the number I was looking for

[Yael]

7. Map above. It is close to the WV border

[Botany]

11. Nelsonville was always a "drive through" town for Presidential Campaigns

And to stop and make a speech there is really a big deal in a little town
that has taken it's share of "hits."

[hedgehog]

30. I used to live in the BIG city, Lancaster, not that little podunk burg

Nelsonville.

I can tell you this much: Lancaster is the home of Anchor Hocking Glass. From their Web site, they still employ 1300 people in Lancaster. I can't give you the numbers for 1986, but we left Lancaster then and my husband left Anchor Hocking because of on-going cutbacks. I worked at the Ralston Purina plant there, and I understand it's gone under.

[butterfly77]

10. Anymore info on Nelsonville, OH.

[Scurrilous]

3. K & R

:thumbsup:

[JimGinPA]

9. Love The Pics

K&R

[Faygo Kid]

12. "Couldn't somebody have changed the diapers before handing me this baby?"

Have to admit, he's got that look on his face.

Baby looks content and relaxed, though. Always a bad sign.

[flpoljunkie]

21. He actually kisses the baby...

US Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) kisses a little girl at a town hall meeting at Westerville Central High School in Westerville, Ohio, March 2, 2008. REUTERS/Jim Young

[Faygo Kid]

25. Awwwww . . . great pic

No wonder politicians kiss babies.

It works.

I suggest more puppy pics, too.

[Cha]

26. That's the money shot as

far as I'm concerned.. I just kissed my new grand niece baby and I'm into babies, now!

[bigtree]

14. nice pics

:kick:

[Forkboy]

20. Just ONCE I want to see a candidate take a baby and then spike it like a football and do a dance.

:evilgrin:

[Kukesa]

23. Not nice, but I'm LOL. n/t

[Forkboy]

24. My sense of humor has that effect on a lot of people.

Nervous, uncomfortable laughter. :)

[Cha]

27. But, babies are for kissing..

not spiking. ;)

[Forkboy]

28. See, this is why I can never run for office.

I can never remember the little details like that. :D

[OzarkDem]

29. Reaching out to GOP voters

He's run out of supporters here in Ohio.

[Kukesa]

31. Uh . . . Hillary was in Pomeroy, Ohio. Hardly a metropolis. n/t

[mod mom]

35. One of the thing Sen Rockefeller stressed in his introduction of Obama is that

not only is he brilliant and inquisitive but that he can unite a divided country by bringing folks together. United we stand divided we fall. I for one applaud him trying to bring folks together for a common purpose.

[Bongo Prophet]

33. This is key to green energy job training in the near future. Excellent!

To their credit, both candidates have made "green collar" or "green energy" technology and jobs a major part of their platform.
This ties our energy policy, climate change, pollution, outsourcing and job growth all in one holistic frame. I really, REALLY like that.

I would love to see a transcript, but haven't found one yet. I did find out that Hocking is moving to a new facility in nearby Logan, and the new facility will be an example of green tech. Walking the walk is a good thing, training for the next wave in economic growth in our economy.

On edit: I refined my search and found the full video and the transcript is promised for Monday morning...
Gotta love the internet! http://www.wtap.com/home/headlines/16161977.html

Hocking College's Energy Institute will move from the two-year state college's Nelsonville campus to a $3.2 million center in Logan that should be ready for students by fall 2009, said Jerry Hutton, Hocking's dean of energy and transportation technologies.

The project sends the message that southeast Ohio wants to be a player in the emerging advanced energy field, assisting the distressed regional and state economies in the process, he said. Without workers skilled in the ways of windmills, solar panels, fuel cells and hybrid vehicles, Ohio will be hard-pressed to attract companies that are developing those technologies in the burgeoning sector of alternative energy, Hutton said.

"Those companies will not come to this state if they don't know we have employees with the skills they need," he said.

http://birmingham.bizjournals.com/columbus/stories/2007/11/26/story3.html

[OhioChick]

34. Great!

Thanks for Posting.
:kick:

[mod mom]

36. Thanks, Flpoljunkie for the photos!