Clintons Aim for Suburban Voters in NC

Bill carves rural niche, where 'it doesn't get complicated'
By Jonas Oransky,  Newser Staff
Posted May 5, 2008 8:14 PM CDT
Clintons Aim for Suburban Voters in NC
While a Secret Service agent holds onto his waist, former President Bill Clinton stretches over a porch rail and shakes hands with well-wishers during a campaign stop.   (AP Photo/The News Herald,Jennifer Frew)

Urbanites in North Carolina prefer Barack Obama, while rural voters side with Hillary Clinton—which is why she spent all weekend trying to sway mixed regions like small cities and far-out suburbs. Obama, meanwhile, is counting on a hidden strength with country folk and his far-reaching publicity machine to win tomorrow's primary, the Charlotte Observer reports

For his part, Bill Clinton is carving a niche as "ambassador to small-town America,” and has given 20 North Carolina and Indiana counties their first presidential visit, the Washington Post reports.  "It doesn't get complicated in places like this," a Clinton organizer said. "They're flattered to see him. Everybody goes home happy." (More Bill Clinton stories.)

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