Hurricane? I’m Off To Chicago!

Here’s the story from Yahoo:

Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama has canceled a planned overnight stay in Milwaukee to return to his Chicago headquarters and monitor Hurricane Gustav’s damage to Gulf Coast states.

The campaign said Monday that Obama may revise his plans to campaign mainly in Pennsylvania and Ohio later this week. He canceled plans to spend Monday night in Milwaukee and to hold a small event there Tuesday morning.

Obama’s 16 campaign offices in North Carolina solicited non-perishable goods for Gustav’s victims. Other state campaign organizations may do the same, Obama spokesmen said.

Here’s what the New York Times says about it:

As Mr. McCain traveled to Mississippi on Sunday, Mr. Obama decided to monitor the approach of Hurricane Gustav from afar. Mr. Obama was briefed on the evacuation in a telephone call with Michael Chertoff, the secretary of Homeland Security, on Sunday afternoon, as well as conversations with the Louisiana governor, the New Orleans mayor and other officials.

Mr. Obama told reporters that he might visit the Gulf Coast after “things have settled down.” He and his advisers discussed making a weekend trip to the region, but they concluded that visiting the area before the storm would complicate the efforts of the authorities there.

Leadership, anyone?

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