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RollWithIt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-21-08 08:04 PM
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Is there video of the "Governor's Roundtable Rally" today?
I'm looking for video of this event.

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/54528.html

LAKE WORTH, Fla. — Campaigning in a state hit hard by job losses and the mortgage crisis, Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama started his second day of courting Florida voters with a sober summit focused on boosting jobs and capping the rising costs of healthcare.

''A crisis like this calls for the best ideas, the brightest minds, the most innovative solutions from every corner of this country,'' said Obama, who invited the Democratic governors of four key election states to share a stage with him, along with a small business owner from Miami, former Federal Reserve chairman Paul Volcker and the CEO of Internet giant Google.

The crowd, which began lining up outside the gym at Palm Beach Community College before dawn, had clearly been expecting a more raucous event. Before Obama took to the stage, they chanted his name and stomped their feet in the bleachers.

But Obama, whom some polls show has the edge among voters when it comes to handling the economy, tamped down expectations as soon as he took the stage.

''This is not one of our usual rallies. We're going to have one of those in Miami,'' he said as the crowd roared. "This is a more serious discussion about the economy. This is a serious conversation we want to have.''

Seated on a stage with the governors of Michigan, Ohio, New Mexico and Colorado, Obama led a conversation about economic conditions in the states, noting ``these leaders need and deserve a partner in the White House.''
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