Clinton's First Upper Valley Stop a Crowded One

[William769]

Hanover -- In her first presidential campaign appearance in the Upper Valley, Sen. Hillary Clinton yesterday told an overflow crowd that she will lift restrictions on embryonic stem cell research if she's elected president.

More than 500 people yesterday turned out to see the Democratic senator from New York, but only 360 of them fit into Alumni Hall, upstairs in the Hopkins Center at Dartmouth College, where the standing-room-only crowd heard Clinton's hour-long talk on stem cell research.

Another 110 people had a few minutes with Clinton as she stopped to speak to them in a small courtyard outside the Hopkins Center. And 100 more departed after room in Alumni Hall ran out. They were offered the chance to hear Clinton's talk broadcast into classrooms that had been set up in the building, but none chose to stay, her staffers said after the event.

State Rep. Lee Hammond, a Lebanon Democrat, introduced Clinton, saying she would help “send a message to Washington” to pass stem cell research legislation. He called on the crowd to “step up the heat and get this bill passed” as Clinton entered the room. Hammond's last words were drowned out as the crowd stood and greeted Clinton with loud applause.

http://www.vnews.com/06162007/4047033.htm

[Alamom]

1. k&r

[illinoisprogressive]

2. 500. hmmmm. guess that would be crowded for her, true.

[ElizabethDC]

3. Well, I guess it's not quite comparable to the 8,000 that turned up to her DC fundraiser

but for small town New Hampshire, it ain't bad! Thanks for weighing in, though. :hi: