Barack Obama will conclude what aides referred to as a 10-day "red state tour" Monday, a trip that culminated in a two-day swing through three key Western states.With just over a week remaining in the contest, Obama's goal has as much to do with encouraging supporters to vote as with communicating his message. And his target has been states that George W. Bush won in 2004 — states where he has held every campaign event since Oct. 16.
The tour was timed to drive up the numbers of early voters in a rolling series of states that allow early voting: North Carolina, Virginia, Florida, Indiana and then Nevada, New Mexico and Colorado over the weekend. He will touch down in Pennsylvania on Monday and spend the night in Philadelphia before returning to the red state battlegrounds, including a Wednesday rally in Orlando, Fla., with former President Bill Clinton.
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