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Obama tours GOP-leaning South

The Caucus found this 8/21/2008 on usatoday.com

As Democrats await the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee's choice of a running mate, Obama tried to keep the focus on his Republican rival as he campaigned through the rural South. Obama sampled locally grown peaches and vinegar-soaked barbecue as he barnstormed across NASCAR country to the birthplace of the Moral Majority. Obama planned to end the day in Lynchburg, where Jerry ...