President Obama rallies Dems at University of Minnesota stop

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http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/event/apArticle/id/D9J1LPUO2/

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Obama said electing Dayton would keep Minnesota moving forward, praising him as someone who "spent his life fighting for Minnesota. And now I need all of you to fight for Mark Dayton."

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"All of us need your help in the last 10 days," Dayton said, mentioning a late investment in the race of $1 million from the Republican Governors Association. "It's not from Minnesota, it's from the Big Oil companies, it's from the big drug companies. They don't care about Minnesota's future, they care about their own."

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The university said 7,000 people packed the Field House to see Obama, and about 4,000 more watched from the Sports Pavilion across the street from the rally _ two blocks from the stadium where the Gophers football team fell to Penn State. Officials said the line to see the president was nearly a mile long.

"They talk about an enthusiasm gap. Look at this room," said St. Paul mayor Chris Coleman, surveying a crowd of several thousand. "Does this look like an enthusiasm gap?"