Obama: Convention Will Highlight Middle-Class Roots

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. — Barack Obama says this week’s Democratic convention will help people realize he and his family share their values. “You’ll conclude, ‘He’s sort of like us,”‘ Obama told a group of supporters. “‘He comes from a middle class background, went to school on scholarships … he and his wife had to figure out child care and how to start a college fund for their kids.”‘ The presidential hopeful kept a relatively low profile Sunday, attending services at a Lutheran church before visiting a barbecue at a local rod and gun park. Polls show a tight race in Wisconsin between Obama and Republican rival John McCain. Campaign aides said the Illinois senator spoke Thursday to former President Clinton and to Hillary Clinton on Friday morning. (link)