** Pics from this evening's Barack Obama Rally in Milwaukee **

[PeaceNikki]

We were 3rd row center. :bounce: The best seats were given to labor unions (my mom's a member :patriot:). The Marcus Amphitheater in Milwaukee was nearly full and the crowd was beautiful and amazing. The wait was long, but so worth it. The speech was short, but inspiring and made me tear up.

Oh.. AND my dad got a TERRORIST FIST JAB from Obama!! :bounce:

The stage:


Change:


The seats saved for all the local Dem politicians:


Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett:


Gov. Jim Doyle:


Senator Herb Kohl:


My boyfriend:


Congresswoman Gwen Moore:


The next POTUS:






Afterward working the crowd...

[timber84]

1. Wow big venue!

How many were in attendance?

[PeaceNikki]

4. About 20k

It seats 23k, but there were some open spots on the lawn.

[liberalmuse]

2. Thanks for the pics!

I watched the speech earlier and loved it! How many people were there? It sounded like a lot because of the loud cheering, but the camera never panned the crowd.

[PeaceNikki]

5. There were about 20k.

Not bad for 48 hours notice!

It was amazing!

[sniffa]

3. Thank you so much for sharing

Yeah, you were close. :thumbsup:

[PeaceNikki]

6. I was verklempt!!!

<<fans self>>

[Kdillard]

7. Great pics.

[yellowdogintexas]

8. you lucky devil. Wish I had been there.

when is he coming to TExas anyway?

[PeaceNikki]

11. It was awesome.

The vibe in the crowd was pure magic.

:bounce:

[Unsane]

9. where's Joe?

[PeaceNikki]

12. He wasn't here.

But RUSS was!! :loveya:

[Cha]

10. Beautiful photo journal Nikki!

I have a special place in my heart for your Gov Jim Doyle:loveya:

It all started back in the Wisconsin primaries:)

[PeaceNikki]

13. Heh... he's been an Obama supporter since 5 minutes after Obama's 2004 speech.

:D

[Cha]

21. Interesting to

know:)

[PBS Poll-435]

14. ROFL at the filename of Feingold's picture

:rofl:

[PeaceNikki]

16. I call him that.

I was at a listening session he held several weeks ago and when it was my turn to ask a question, I told him that I am a political junkie and that he's my "Elvis". :D

For real. I did.

[PBS Poll-435]

24. For that...

:yourock:

[endthewar]

27. You behavin prodn2000?

Don't make me come down there. :rofl:

[PBS Poll-435]

28. You seem to remind me of someone else......

Someone I haven't talked to in 4ever...

[endthewar]

30. LOL!

Shhh! Don't tell. :rofl:

[PBS Poll-435]

31. Happy to have met you. For the very first time.

:rofl:

[endthewar]

35. Hopefully

the pizza man skips my house next time. :rofl:

[SeattleGirl]

15. I envy your dad!!!

He got a terrorist fist jab, from OBAMA???? Yowza!!!!

And how cool you got to be there. Thanks for the pics!

[PeaceNikki]

17. He's such a dork. He was all like "I shook his hand!!" and then as we were walking out, he said

"he started to give me the fist thing..." and I stopped him and said "THE TERRORIST FIST JAB!?!? WHY DIDN'T YOU FIST JAB HIM!?!"... and he said "I did, but then I grabbed his hand and made him shake mine." I was like "Dad, you have to tell people the fist jab part!"

[gblady]

18. Great pictures....

thanks for sharing.

[PeaceNikki]

19. I wish you all could have been there!!

He's such an amazing speaker and it's so incredible to see the excitement he generates!

[dolo amber]

20. Omgomgomgomgomg

I nearly plotzed about 48,000 times!! :bounce:

WE LOVE YOU HOPEY!! :patriot: :loveya: :yourock:


(Gwen TOTALLY stole the show, btw. :D :thumbsup:)

[PeaceNikki]

23. And I was verklempt!!!

YAY!! I am still all euphoric!

Didja see this?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=6872177&mesg_id=6872636

[BlooInBloo]

22. i LOVE people's Obama-rally pics! Thanks!

[PeaceNikki]

29. w00t!!

:D :bounce:

[AnnieBW]

25. I'll bet Dad will never wash that hand again!

Awesome!

[PeaceNikki]

26. He was awfully happy about it!

:D

[Maven]

32. "My boyfriend"

Hehe. :)

K/R

[Sugarcoated]

33. Hey

Russ was my boyfriend - so you're sloppy seconds :evilgrin:

Barack's my new boyfriend. :P

[PeaceNikki]

34. No matter, he's all mine now.

:D

In my head, anyway