In a phone interview with FOX News, Barack Obama’s deputy campaign manager, Steve Hildebrand said: “John McCain is right. Things are tightening in the battleground states.”
FOX News obtained a copy of a memo Hildebrand sent to long-standing Democratic operatives on Tuesday.
The memo, shown below, reveals the extensive get-out-the-vote efforts Obama’s team has underway and “urgent” needs that have yet to be met.
Hildebrand told FOX News he sent the memo out to boost efforts in Florida but that similar memos were also sent out seeking help in North Carolina, Georgia and Ohio. He said needs were less acute in Pennsylvania.
Hildebrand said the campaign disregards current state polls showing Obama ahead.
“They were not always a good indicator in the primaries so we’re working hard now. We feel good but we always need more help in the field. On the ground in these states, things feel like they are tightening.”
This helps explain the Obama "Queen for a Day" infomercial that will run for 30 minutes on several networks tonight. With constant ads already running, do they really think that interrupting regular programming and delaying what could the the deciding game of the World Series will really help them in the polls? I think it may be "a speech too far".
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