blogs.wsj.com - 10/28/2008
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Amy Chozick reports on the presidential race from Fort Collins, Colo.
If big rallies are any indication of voter turnout, then the Democrats appear to be in good shape.
Barack Obama has spoken to roughly a quarter million people over the weekend on a swing through Western states.
On Saturday, he held rallies in Reno and Las Vegas that attracted a combined total of about 30,000 people. He spoke Saturday night in Albuquerque to more than 35,000. According to a University of New Mexico fire ...
online.wsj.com - 10/30/2008
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online.wsj.com —
There is something odd -- and dare I
say novel -- in American politics about the crowds...
that have been greeting Barack Obama on his campaign trail. Hitherto, crowds have not been a prominent feature of American politics. We associate them with the ...
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Obama and the Politics of Crowds
strata-sphere.com - 10/30/2008
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strata-sphere.com —
If early voting in Florida is any indication
what will happen across this country come next Tuesday...
(and there is little reason to assume it will be some crazy outlier well outside the norm) then Obama and the Dems are going to be getting a lesson ...
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Huge Democrat Turn Out In Florida Turns Into Huge ...
betsyspage.blogspot.com - 10/30/2008
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betsyspage.blogspot.com —
Fouad Ajami has an interesting perspective on the
crowds that are lifted by the Obama presence.On the...
face of it, there is nothing overwhelmingly stirring about Sen. Obama. There is a cerebral quality to him, and an air of detachment. He has eloquence, but within bounds. After nearly two years ...
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The power of the crowds
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Tracking West Virginia? It’s Going To Be A Squeaker.
Firedoglake —
... leaning McCain but not any longer" folks are an indication.
But will Obama close the gap?
Obama had his best month in donations ever from WV last month. My unscientific "drive around town" viewing of increasingly more yard signs, bumper stickers, and homemade notes taped to people's car windows indicates more public Obama support of late.
Most likely, it's pull from the national trend toward Obama. Everyone likes a winner, and Obama sure seems like he'll be one. Folks here are more comfortable ...
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democraticunderground.com 10/26/2008 — Source: [b]Rocky Mountain News[/b]
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama will speak this morning at Civic Center Park in Denver, before heading up north to a rally in Fort Collins. The Rocky is blogging live from the event.
9:20 a.m.
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israpundit.com 10/31/2008 — Posted on Team Sarah
Another Obama campaign staffer spills guts from redstate.com (cant attest to the authenticity of it but sounds interesting)…I found this posted over on the hillaryclinton.net forum
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swamppolitics.com 10/18/2008 — by John McCormick
ST. LOUIS - Standing under the Gateway Arch, Sen. Barack Obama spoke this afternoon before a crowd his campaign said totaled 100,000, a new U.S. record for his presidential bid.
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openleft.com 10/31/2008 — Barack Obama has won the 2008 Presidential Election.
Yes, you read that right. And no, I am not joking.
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McCain vs. Obama: Compare and contrast —
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