Obama draws record crowd in St. Louis

[babylonsister]

Nice to know someone's paying attention.


Obama draws record crowd in St. Louis
Posted October 18, 2008 1:23 PM
The Swamp

by John McCormick, updated



ST. LOUIS - Standing under the Gateway Arch, Sen. Barack Obama spoke this afternoon before a crowd his campaign said totaled 100,000, a new U.S. record for his presidential bid.

"All I can say is wow," Obama said as he took the stage, his home state behind his back across the Mississippi River.

In May, the Illinois Democrat attracted about 75,000 to an event in Portland, Ore., while his acceptance speech at the Democratic convention in Denver drew about 80,000 to Invesco Field at Mile High. He spoke to more than 200,000 in Berlin during a foreign trip in July.

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Obama also defended his tax cut proposals, which Sen. John McCain had criticized earlier in the day during a stop in North Carolina.

"John McCain is so out of touch with the struggles you are facing, he must be the first politician in history to call a tax cut for working people 'welfare.'" Obama said. "George Bush and John McCain are out of ideas, they are out of touch, and if you stand with me in 17 days they'll be out of time."

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As it has in other states, economic stress in Missouri has boosted Obama's campaign here, as voters express strong frustration with the nation's current direction.

If he is to win the state, Obama will need to boost turnout in the urban centers of St. Louis and Kansas City to counter the state's strong base of conservative evangelicals.

Obama's campaign, however, has been aggressively registering new voters, especially in the major urban centers of St. Louis and Kansas City, where it hopes to dramatically increase voter turnout.

"We are going to break every turnout record in Missouri and this nation," said Rep. William Lacy Clay, a Missouri congressman who was part of Obama's warm up act.

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[Myrina]

1. photos:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=7507165&mesg_id=7507165

[babylonsister]

3. Thanks! Wonderful! nt

[NYC_SKP]

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[rainbow4321]

4. OMG..100,000???????????

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