Alabama Democrats Say Watch Clinton, Obama, Edwards
Alabama Democrats Say Watch Clinton, Obama, Edwards
Alabama Democrats Say Watch Clinton, Obama, Edwards
MONTGOMERY, Ala. U-S Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's entry into the presidential race is exciting Alabama Democrats, who rate her, Barack Obama and John Edwards as the candidates to watch in the state's new presidential primary.
Clinton says she will file papers tomorrow (Monday) to form a presidential exploratory committee. Obama, the Illinois senator, and Edwards of North Carolina, the Democratic vice presidential nominee in 2004, have already taken that step.
Alabama Democratic Party chairman Joe Turnham ranks Obama, Clinton and Edwards in a "clump of three, with the others in the back."
Turnham says Clinton is probably supported by about one-fourth of the likely Democratic voters in Alabama, and if she wants to build on that, she will have to campaign actively in the state -- something President Bill Clinton didn't do because he had the nomination locked up before Alabama's primary.
The Alabama Legislature has moved up Alabama's presidential primary by four months to February Fifth of 2008.
The state will go from being last in the South to second behind South Carolina. Because of that, the state is getting more attention from likely presidential candidates of both parties.
Paul Hubbert, executive secretary of the Alabama Education Association and a vice chairman of the Alabama Democratic Party, says Clinton's Southern roots will help her in Alabama, and her announcement that she's forming an exploratory panel was clearly designed to show she wants a dialogue on issues important to women voters.
Says Hubbert: "Women tend to be more concerned about educating the young and caring for the old."
In Hubbert's view, Clinton and Edwards are the candidates to watch now in Alabama. He said Obama is very bright and is getting a lot of attention, but his lack of experience may hurt him in a Deep South state like Alabama.
Hubbert says Obama may be four years ahead of his time.
Not so, says Joe Reed. Reed says Obama is older than John F- Kennedy was when he ran.
Reed, associate executive secretary of A-E-A and chairman of the state Democratic Party's black wing, said he'd like to see Obama become president, but his challenge will be to attract white voters in Alabama like he did in Illinois.
A-E-A's polling firm finished a survey Wednesday of likely Democratic voters in Alabama and found Clinton with 27 percent, Obama with 19 percent, John Edwards with 14 percent, former Vice President Al Gore with 11 percent, and 22 percent undecided or not answering.
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. U-S Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's entry into the presidential race is exciting Alabama Democrats, who rate her, Barack Obama and John Edwards as the candidates to watch in the state's new presidential primary.
Clinton says she will file papers tomorrow (Monday) to form a presidential exploratory committee. Obama, the Illinois senator, and Edwards of North Carolina, the Democratic vice presidential nominee in 2004, have already taken that step.
Alabama Democratic Party chairman Joe Turnham ranks Obama, Clinton and Edwards in a "clump of three, with the others in the back."
Turnham says Clinton is probably supported by about one-fourth of the likely Democratic voters in Alabama, and if she wants to build on that, she will have to campaign actively in the state -- something President Bill Clinton didn't do because he had the nomination locked up before Alabama's primary.
The Alabama Legislature has moved up Alabama's presidential primary by four months to February Fifth of 2008.
The state will go from being last in the South to second behind South Carolina. Because of that, the state is getting more attention from likely presidential candidates of both parties.
Paul Hubbert, executive secretary of the Alabama Education Association and a vice chairman of the Alabama Democratic Party, says Clinton's Southern roots will help her in Alabama, and her announcement that she's forming an exploratory panel was clearly designed to show she wants a dialogue on issues important to women voters.
Says Hubbert: "Women tend to be more concerned about educating the young and caring for the old."
In Hubbert's view, Clinton and Edwards are the candidates to watch now in Alabama. He said Obama is very bright and is getting a lot of attention, but his lack of experience may hurt him in a Deep South state like Alabama.
Hubbert says Obama may be four years ahead of his time.
Not so, says Joe Reed. Reed says Obama is older than John F- Kennedy was when he ran.
Reed, associate executive secretary of A-E-A and chairman of the state Democratic Party's black wing, said he'd like to see Obama become president, but his challenge will be to attract white voters in Alabama like he did in Illinois.
A-E-A's polling firm finished a survey Wednesday of likely Democratic voters in Alabama and found Clinton with 27 percent, Obama with 19 percent, John Edwards with 14 percent, former Vice President Al Gore with 11 percent, and 22 percent undecided or not answering.
http://www.wsfa.com/global/story.asp?s=5968538
Alabama Democrats Say Watch Clinton, Obama, Edwards
MONTGOMERY, Ala. U-S Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's entry into the presidential race is exciting Alabama Democrats, who rate her, Barack Obama and John Edwards as the candidates to watch in the state's new presidential primary.
Clinton says she will file papers tomorrow (Monday) to form a presidential exploratory committee. Obama, the Illinois senator, and Edwards of North Carolina, the Democratic vice presidential nominee in 2004, have already taken that step.
Alabama Democratic Party chairman Joe Turnham ranks Obama, Clinton and Edwards in a "clump of three, with the others in the back."
Turnham says Clinton is probably supported by about one-fourth of the likely Democratic voters in Alabama, and if she wants to build on that, she will have to campaign actively in the state -- something President Bill Clinton didn't do because he had the nomination locked up before Alabama's primary.
The Alabama Legislature has moved up Alabama's presidential primary by four months to February Fifth of 2008.
The state will go from being last in the South to second behind South Carolina. Because of that, the state is getting more attention from likely presidential candidates of both parties.
Paul Hubbert, executive secretary of the Alabama Education Association and a vice chairman of the Alabama Democratic Party, says Clinton's Southern roots will help her in Alabama, and her announcement that she's forming an exploratory panel was clearly designed to show she wants a dialogue on issues important to women voters.
Says Hubbert: "Women tend to be more concerned about educating the young and caring for the old."
In Hubbert's view, Clinton and Edwards are the candidates to watch now in Alabama. He said Obama is very bright and is getting a lot of attention, but his lack of experience may hurt him in a Deep South state like Alabama.
Hubbert says Obama may be four years ahead of his time.
Not so, says Joe Reed. Reed says Obama is older than John F- Kennedy was when he ran.
Reed, associate executive secretary of A-E-A and chairman of the state Democratic Party's black wing, said he'd like to see Obama become president, but his challenge will be to attract white voters in Alabama like he did in Illinois.
A-E-A's polling firm finished a survey Wednesday of likely Democratic voters in Alabama and found Clinton with 27 percent, Obama with 19 percent, John Edwards with 14 percent, former Vice President Al Gore with 11 percent, and 22 percent undecided or not answering.
http://www.wsfa.com/global/story.asp?s=5968538
MONTGOMERY, Ala. U-S Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's entry into the presidential race is exciting Alabama Democrats, who rate her, Barack Obama and John Edwards as the candidates to watch in the state's new presidential primary.
Clinton says she will file papers tomorrow (Monday) to form a presidential exploratory committee. Obama, the Illinois senator, and Edwards of North Carolina, the Democratic vice presidential nominee in 2004, have already taken that step.
Alabama Democratic Party chairman Joe Turnham ranks Obama, Clinton and Edwards in a "clump of three, with the others in the back."
Turnham says Clinton is probably supported by about one-fourth of the likely Democratic voters in Alabama, and if she wants to build on that, she will have to campaign actively in the state -- something President Bill Clinton didn't do because he had the nomination locked up before Alabama's primary.
The Alabama Legislature has moved up Alabama's presidential primary by four months to February Fifth of 2008.
The state will go from being last in the South to second behind South Carolina. Because of that, the state is getting more attention from likely presidential candidates of both parties.
Paul Hubbert, executive secretary of the Alabama Education Association and a vice chairman of the Alabama Democratic Party, says Clinton's Southern roots will help her in Alabama, and her announcement that she's forming an exploratory panel was clearly designed to show she wants a dialogue on issues important to women voters.
Says Hubbert: "Women tend to be more concerned about educating the young and caring for the old."
In Hubbert's view, Clinton and Edwards are the candidates to watch now in Alabama. He said Obama is very bright and is getting a lot of attention, but his lack of experience may hurt him in a Deep South state like Alabama.
Hubbert says Obama may be four years ahead of his time.
Not so, says Joe Reed. Reed says Obama is older than John F- Kennedy was when he ran.
Reed, associate executive secretary of A-E-A and chairman of the state Democratic Party's black wing, said he'd like to see Obama become president, but his challenge will be to attract white voters in Alabama like he did in Illinois.
A-E-A's polling firm finished a survey Wednesday of likely Democratic voters in Alabama and found Clinton with 27 percent, Obama with 19 percent, John Edwards with 14 percent, former Vice President Al Gore with 11 percent, and 22 percent undecided or not answering.
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