2008-05-09 Barack Obama wants to be president of these 57 United States

2008-05-09 \Barack Obama\2008 US presidential race http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/05/barack-obama-wa.html Barack Obama wants to be president of these 57 United States &ldquo;"It is wonderful to be back in Oregon," Obama said. "Over the last 15 months, weâ€™ve traveled to every corner of the United States. Iâ€™ve now been in 57 states? I think one left to go. Alaska and Hawaii, I was not allowed to go to even though I really wanted to visit, but my staff would not justify it." .. The Times' conscientious Robin Abcarian thought she heard something different there. She checked her tape recorder. It had captured what he had actually said -- 57 states now. A new Louisiana Purchase that's gone unannounced so far? Was he channeling his inner John Kerry-Heinz 57 personality?&rdquo; The right-wing commentatorship is making much of this but it seems obvious from the video that Obama was a little tired and simply said "fifty" when he meant "forty".   