More Info On Indiana Rally On Thursday at 11:00 a.m. - Palin Drew 20,000

[Median Democrat]

Here is the Indy Star on tommorrow's rally in Indiana. It notes that Palin drew 20,000 to her rally in the state, so hopefully Obama can draw that many in a traditionally red state before he leaves to visit his grandmother who suffered a broken hip.

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081022/NEWS0502/810220382

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Thursday morning, Obama will make an encore appearance on the mall 12 days before the Nov. 4 election, though this time he is hoping for a different result from Hoosiers in his run for president against Republican Sen. John McCain.

"This race (in Indiana) is a dead heat," said Jonathan Swain, Obama's Indiana spokesman. "Indiana certainly has been a target state for the Obama campaign, one we've invested a lot of resources in, and making this stop here certainly indicates the importance we're placing on Indiana."

With his grandmother, Madelyn Payne Dunham, ill in Hawaii, Obama replaced stops in Des Moines, Iowa, and Madison, Wis., with the American Legion Mall rally. He plans to fly to Hawaii after his stop here and will spend two days with his grandmother while his wife, Michelle, fills in at campaign stops in Ohio on Friday.

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