Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Hillary ‘Get Out the Vote’ event on Thursday

The Hillary Clinton campaign will host a ‘Get Out the Vote’ campaign in Charlotte with Sophie B. Hawkins on Thursday.

This is the latest of an influx of news releases from the Democratic presidential candidates. I counted more than 30 in my inbox from the Clinton and Obama campaigns since Saturday.

Click below for the release.

Johnson gains endorsements from sheriffs and educators

Congressional candidate Daniel Johnson gained two endorsements this week from the five Democratic sheriffs in the 10th Congressional district and the state’s association of educators.

The two news releases are below.

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Obama: Crowd reaction

The following is Sarah Newell’s article on crowd reaction from Barack Obama’s Hickory visit Tuesday afternoon.

Obama: The speech

Barack Obama did, in fact, visit Hickory on Tuesday afternoon.
This is my story that will run in the print edition Wednesday.
I’ll add comments and observations from Tuesday’s event in the morning.

Obama coverage is coming

HDR staff is finishing work on three stories. Each will be posted soon.
Photos and video of Obama’s appearance will be posted on http://www.hickoryrecord.com later this evening.

Come here for Obama coverage

Our plans for presidential candidate Barack Obama’s campaign visit in Hickory:
- One story on the event itself, Obama’s town hall meeting.
- Crowd reaction from those in attendance.
- A photo gallery.
- A 3 or 4 minute video.

We hope to have all this up on the Web site by 7 p.m.

GOP gubernatorial debate in Asheboro

I covered the latest GOP gubernatorial debate on Monday night in Asheboro. Four of the five candidates participated. Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory had a conflict with a city council meeting and could not attend to the dismay of opponent Bob Orr.
Three of the candidates - Fred Smith, Bob Orr and Bill Graham - had similar positions on many issues. Elbie Powers, who said the debate was on the second of 14 which he was invited, had a different take on several topics.

HDR editor Todd Callaway served on a media panel, along with two other editors from North Carolina newspapers. John Hood of the John Locke Foundation asked several questions.
We also have video of the event via the Winston-Salem Journal on our Web site’s main page.