Boston Globe: Obama's star power shows on N.H. visit

[Eugene]

Obama's star power shows on N.H. visit
Ill. senator tests possible '08 run

By Susan Milligan, Globe Staff | December 11, 2006

MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Barack Obama , a national political newcomer with an uncomplicated
message of hope and promise, won standing ovations from enthusiastic crowds yesterday
as he tested the New Hampshire landscape for support for a 2008 Democratic presidential
run.

Speaking to a sellout audience of 1,500 at a party rally at the Center of New Hampshire,
the US senator from Illinois appealed for a new spirit of community and a united approach
to solving the problems of healthcare, global warming, and energy dependency.

"Why can't we have a government that reflects the values of the voters?" Obama asked
in an address frequently interrupted by applause. "It's not that people don't know how
to dream big dreams. It's that their leadership has forgotten how."

And while the 45-year-old freshman senator offered no detailed solutions -- "this is not
a 10-point plan to solve every problem," he said of his new book, "The Audacity of Hope,"
at an earlier appearance in Portsmouth -- the New Hampshire crowds cheered for what
many see as the freshest face in Democratic politics.

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Full article: http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2006/12/11/obamas_star_power_shows_on_nh_visit

[Tesha]

1. The headline in the "Nashua Telegraph" was "Barrack Star!" (NT)

[AtomicKitten]

2. woot!