Obama rally had 20,000 people watch him in St. Louis tonight

[zulchzulu]

Barack Obama spoke at the Edwards Jones Dome In St. Louis at 10PM on Saturday night bringing in a crowd of over 20,000 people.

Illinois Senator Barack Obama ended a full day of campaigning in St. Louis Saturday night, with a stop at the Edward Jones Dome.

Obama was introduced by Missouri Senator Clair McCaskill, who recently announced her decision to endorse the candidate for the democratic nomination.

Obama began his speech by thanking McCaskill and others who joined him on stage for their support. They included former Senator Jean Carnahan, Rep. Russ Carnahan, Rep. Lacy Clay, Missouri State Auditor Susan Montee and St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley.

Obama told those in the crowd he's running for President because of what Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called the fierce urgency of now.

He also spoke about the economy, and told the crowd the U.S. can not afford to wait to fix our health care system, our schools and bring good jobs to our communities.

Video links:
http://www.ksdk.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=139585
http://www.komu.com/satellite/SatelliteRender/KOMU.com/ba8a4513-c0a8-2f11-0063-9bd94c70b769/dcb2eddc-80ce-0971-0158-e40e70b43718

[Critters2]

1. But the Obamites said it was going to be 70,000.

What happened to the other 50k?

[PresidentObama]

4. Um, I think 20,000 is quite impressive.

[Lucinda]

17. Me too! 20k people going out to hear a Dem speak is excellent.

:)

[ursi]

5. no one said there would be 70,000 people there, that's how many the facility holds

and you knew that, right?

[Critters2]

12. I know what the Obamites were touting beforehand.

70k.

[zulchzulu]

9. I'm sorry, but that's what the link said...

It JUST happened...could be more people.

Have you ever been to a political rally with 20,000 people? It's pretty impressive especially when they had 8 inches of snow on the ground and at 10PM on a Saturday night.

[emandbri]

18. You are confused......

I was a volunteer there tonight and they were estimating there would be 13,000. 70,000 is how much the stadium can hold but they never expected that many people.

[PresidentObama]

2. I think Missouri will be a very good state for Barack.

[zulchzulu]

10. I think Obama is going to win MO

The polls show him spiking up ever since McCaskill endorsed him.

[billbuckhead]

3. So what?, Garth Brooks can draw a bigger crowd

[FrenchieCat]

6. Garth Brooks gives more advance notice!

:eyes:

This is politics, dumbass!

[billbuckhead]

14. Hey Garth doesn't give away Kool-aid and promises

:spray:

[FrenchieCat]

16. How hard to you have to try.

Do you hang up your integrity behind the door before sitting down at your computer?

[EmperorHasNoClothes]

7. What an incredibly powerful argument.

:eyes:

[Kittycat]

8. You need Hope.

Yes. We. Can.

[Critters2]

13. That's really good koolaid, ain't it?

[zulchzulu]

11. You sure are going to Low Places with that comment

Actually, I'm not sure Garth would get 20,000 people in St. Louis to see him. He's pretty much dropped off the map. He's more of a Casino guy now.

[tishaLA]

15. Mr Brooks just did *5* shows here in LA

as a benefit to people affected by the fires. They were his first concerts in nearly a decade, save a couple shows he did in Kansas City (he is officially "retired"). Not a fan of Mr Brooks, but he did something good and I don't think it's right to disparage him.

[saltpoint]

19. Hi, zulchzulu.

Reports from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch support the evident enthusiasm of a very large crowd for Sen. Obama:

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/politics/story/4186D64E381E10E6862573E4000DD31C?OpenDocument

--and I have a more personal corroboration of same from a cousin who attended and sent several of us kin his assessment from the event.

There appears by all counts to be a strong push for Obama in Missouri.