*** Heads Up - Obama event in Terre Haute, Indiana starting now (12:40 EST) Bayh also***

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"Change We Need" Discussion with Indiana Families
in Terre Haute, IN

http://origin.barackobama.com/live/

crowd settling in

and I'm sure others will have other channels or links to add

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1. kick - don't remember them playing Dire Straits before. nt

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2. kick - Bayh and Obama in the house! nt

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3. Bayh introducing. nt

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4. Bayh addressing unemployment, banking, housing bad news. nt

[Zombie2]

5. Thanks for the heads up!

I nearly went to this event.... but my vehicle needs repairs and I woudn't be able to afford the fuel to get there even if I did have a reliable vehicle. :banghead:

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6. oh no - hope you can get it fixed

I've been hoping to catch one of them down in PA but they announce things so last-minute, and the gas cost (I'm in NY) might be too much. Thank goodness for the internet. If a video gets posted later maybe you can send it around to other Indiana folks!

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7. Obama up now. nt

[HowHasItComeToThis]

8. THANKS FOR THE ALERT

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10. so far pretty standard speech. he misspoke somewhere

about candidate vs. pres or something but I missed it - crowd was laughing.

[1corona4u]

17. He said that he had learned a lot since he has been

"president", and then corrected it to candidate for president...(in essence, not to quote)

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18. thanks. I'm sure media will pounce on that, but whatever. nt

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9. K & R!Thanks for posting!

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11. Obama on the conventions and the theme of change - "we must be on to something" :)

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12. Watching.

Oh yeah! :hi:

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14. did you catch what the crowd called out? I couldn't hear it. nt

[cal04]

13. what was that comment from the audience

I couldn't hear it
thanks

[1corona4u]

15. LOL, he's being funny today!!

But poking the repukes with a sharp stick at the same time...LOL

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16. Obama going after McCain campaign staff:

"Who's he going to tell change is coming?" goes through list of lobbyists leading McCain campaign. They must think you're dumb/stupid.

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19. going after the anti-earmark crap - words matter, you can't just makes stuff up. nt

[1corona4u]

20. Obama says we have a choice to make in this election...

and someone from the audience yells out OBAMA...everyone laughs/applauds, and Obama says; "that's right"!
LOL...

[abumbyanyothername]

21. Fabulous

"This election is not about the issues." and, to paraphrase, if you were them you wouldn't want it to be either.

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22. that quote from McCain's managers was a gift! nt

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23. First ? about education - also joking about his daughers and secret service keeping boys away :)

[1corona4u]

24. Life long republican until Obama came along...

wanted to know if Obama would embrace other republicans...Obama said absolutely.

[cal04]

25. obamakins

republicans who come over to Obama

[1corona4u]

27. Another Regan republican changing party....

asking about alternate fuel...

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26. Obama on GOP claiming to change divisive Wash culture yet look at their convention! nt

[1corona4u]

29. I think there are a lot of republicans there....

and I think they are checking him out. Some of the people aren't as....relaxed as the ones you can tell are die hard supporters....if that makes sense....

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30. I sure hope so - those are the ones who really need to hear him, esp. in Indiana. nt

[1corona4u]

36. My sister is in Indianapolis, and she thinks Obama will win there...

she said she sees a lot of support for him...I think it will be very close if he doesn't win.

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28. Iraq vet at the mic; Obama covering failure of civilian side of military to plan. nt

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31. Obama says job creation will be central focus of his admin. nt

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32. addressed Fan/Fred bailout, listing steps to get out of the hole - well done:

1. stabilize housing situation

2. make tax code smarter and reflective of values - tax breaks for job creation in U.S., not those that take jobs overseas

..debunking trickle-down; 95% of people will get a tax break under Obama's plan (wish he had been a little clearer about it)

..stimulus package - would like Congress to work on right now

3. green job revolution - energy production, fuel-efficient cars - create well-paying jobs that can't be outsourced.

4. reinvest in infrastructure - get these projects moving - unemployed construction and other workers can do much of this work.

5. most important thing to do is improve education, esp. in science and technology

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33. ? from crowd member - worksite accident, family struggling; also about youth service. nt

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34. Obama - OSHA, Dept. of Labor support; taking on community organizing crap from GOP. nt

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35. explaining his college-money-for-service plan. nt

[Zombie2]

37. "don't get distracted"

Another excellent speech! He went over a lot of specifics, especially during the Q and A. I'm really glad he took all that extra time answering the questions... also glad he reminded everyone that when talking with others, to stick with the issues that are effecting their families, and to not get distracted (by non-issues that may be brought up during the remainder of the campaign).

As soon as this comes up on youtube (or elsewhere) I'll be emailing the link to everyone I know.

Thanks again for posting the link for the live streaming coverage.

[stillcool]

38. I love the Q&A venues..

I think he is very good at talking off the cuff.

[pnorman]

39. Sounds good!

Can't wait for this to be available on-line!

norman

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40. video archive of part of it

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=385&topic_id=183289&mesg_id=183289