McCain camp not worried about Obama's stadium plans
Written by Sam Youngman
Carly Fiorina, chairwoman of the Republican Victory 2008 committee, said Sen. John McCain’s (R-Ariz.) campaign is not concerned about Democratic rival Sen. Barack Obama’s (Ill.) plans to accept the nomination in front of 75,000 people at a Denver football stadium.Carly Fiorina, chairwoman of the Republican Victory 2008 committee, said Sen. John McCain’s (R-Ariz.) campaign is not concerned about Democratic rival Sen. Barack Obama’s (Ill.) plans to accept the nomination in front of 75,000 people at a Denver football stadium.
Fiorina, speaking at a breakfast with reporters hosted by The Christian Science Monitor, said McCain prefers more intimate settings, and “it isn’t much of a dialogue to have a speech in a stadium of 70,000 people.”
The Illinois senator’s campaign announced Monday that Obama will break with modern tradition and move his speech from inside the confines of the convention hall to nearby INVESCO Field at Mile High Stadium in Denver, home to the Denver Broncos football team. The stadium holds about 76,000 people.
Fiorina said the two candidates are very different, and such a speech or forum would not be fitting for McCain.
“It’s not his personality,” she said, adding, “There is no need for John McCain to try and be more like Barack Obama. In fact, I think that would be a disastrous mistake.”
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