Obama Press Conference x2

Friday, April 25, 2008 | 12:00 PM

Obama's Press Conferences

By William Rabbe

Senator Obama left Chicago this morning for campaign events in the increasingly important Primary state of Indiana -- and IFC had the opportunity to join up with him and the traveling press. The big happening for the corps is that after 12 days without a single press conference, the Senator has held 2 in the 3 days since the Pennsylvania Primary.

As the Democratic Primary race approaches its 5th month, it is more apparent than ever that Obama is in a two front war -- both his opponents, McCain and Clinton, have targeted him exclusively. But to combat this sniper fire, it seems that Obama is renewing his message as a Washington outsider -- a smart contrast to make since the term "insider" could be applied to either opponent. In portraying this difference he consistently referred to "the remaining candidates" rather than to mention either Clinton or McCain by name, effectively streamlining his approach...

And when asked about being "elitist," he joked: "I don't want go out of my way to sort of prove my 'street cred'," but he does have a basketball event later tonight, so he might just do that...