21 October 2008

40,000 Show To See (sort of) Barack Obama And Hillary Clinton In Central Florida


The red arrow indicates where Clinton and Obama stood.

I guess the Secret Service closed the gates after the placed filled with 20,000 or so early-birds. I stood in line for 2 hours, and when the allowed the overflow in, there wasn't much room. I basically got as far as just inside the gate.
40,000 cheer Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton in Orlando [after a weekend rally boasting an unprecedented 100,000 in St. Louis under the arch]

Jim Stratton and Daphne Sashin |Orlando Sentinel Staff Writers

October 21, 2008

With two weeks until Election Day, he is dumping huge resources into the state. His campaign has said it will spend $39 million in Florida, and Obama recently dispatched his senior strategists to the state to oversee the race's homestretch.

Campaigning in Orlando for the first time since becoming the Democratic presidential nominee, Sen. Barack Obama rallied an estimated 40,000 supporters at Amway Arena on Monday, saying he'd offer a "rescue plan for the middle class" by creating "jobs, baby, jobs."
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