With two days before the vote, it appears Sen. Barack Obama is already conceding Kentucky and blaming his loss, in part, on Fox News Channel. Obama conducted a phone interview with the Lexington Herald-Leader’s Ryan Alessi Friday. Alessi writes, Obama is “trying to ‘reverse a lot of misconceptions’ about his background” including his religion:
“Part of it is because there have been these e-mails that have been sent out very systematically, presumably by various political opponents, although I don’t know who,” he said. “And there are a lot of voters who get their news from Fox News. Fox has been pumping up rumors about my religious beliefs or my patriotism or what have you since the beginning of the campaign.”
Clinton is expected to win handily in Kentucky, while Obama is ahead in the polls in Oregon. Voters in both states go to the polls Tuesday.