snip<But despite the familiarity of his theme of change, it did not dampen the enthusiasm of thousands of Mainers who showed up at the Bangor Auditorium to hear him speak. Obama arrived 90 minutes later than his originally planned 2:30 p.m. start time, stopping outside for a few minutes to speak to about 1,000 people who were not allowed into the fully packed building. Inside, the maximum-capacity crowd of 5,700 people erupted in cheers when he walked through the door just after 4 p.m.>snip
snip<Besides talking about Democratic issues that all presidential hopefuls from Obama’s party have trumpeted this year — getting out of Iraq, reforming healthcare, protecting the environment, decreasing the nation’s dependency on oil — Obama also talked about his Democratic competition. At first he did not refer by name to Clinton, who drew about 2,000 people to a rally she held earlier Saturday in Orono, but eventually he did as he addressed points he said that she has made about why she is a better candidate than he is.>snip
Rest of the article here:
http://bangornews.com/news/t/city.aspx?articleid=160006&zoneid=176http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=168598&ac=PHnwsHoping I did this right. I've never posted an article before.
Edited to add link to the Portland Press Herald article.
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