Obama's 50-state strategy: It's official, his campaign will be everywhereDemocrat Barack Obama's deputy campaign manager, Steve Hildebrand, just announced in an e-mail to supporters that the campaign will compete all over the country this fall.
"Today, I am proud to announce that our presidential campaign will be the first in a generation to deploy and maintain staff in every single state," Hildebrand said in the letter.
He said the campaign is seeking 30,000 new donors to make $25 contributions which will be matched today by a previous donor.
Hildebrand acknowledged that "some states will be more competitive than others, and we will scale our resources accordingly."
But he said "unprecedented grassroots energy during the primary means that the list of competitive states will be longer than ever before -- and it will include states like Virginia and Montana that aren't traditionally within reach for a Democratic presidential candidate." He also said that "in every single state, our staff will build volunteer capacity that will provide help where we need it and impact races up and down the ballot this November."
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