Obama wows crowd outside Arkansas State Capitol

[DeepModem Mom]

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: Obama wows crowd outside Capitol
Illinois senator stops in state to drum up support for Democratic candidates
BY VAN JENSEN ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE

Many people who attended a rally for Mike Beebe and other Democratic candidates for Arkansas offices Saturday clearly went to the state Capitol to see the hottest name in politics: U.S. Sen. Barack Obama.

As the sun dipped, people in the crowd of more than a thousand shaded their eyes with copies of Obama’s new book, The Audacity of Hope, and the latest Time magazine, which features Obama’s photo on the cover with the headline, “Why Barack Obama Could Be The Next President.”...

Obama, who shook hands and hugged people, some of whom trembled with excitement, spoke mostly about what he and others call a new age for Democrats....

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Obama has said he’ll wait until after the elections to decide whether he’ll run in 2008. He didn’t address a possible campaign and left quickly after signing hundreds of autographs.

The crowd didn’t let the matter pass, though. After Obama pointed to U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark., and predicted that one day he will be majority leader of the Senate, a woman in the back shouted, “When you’re president.”...

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[LonelyLRLiberal]

1. I was there - Obama is definitely a star.

His intelligence, charisma and common sense were exciting to behold.