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Singer Stevie Wonder sings to open a rally for Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., on the eve of the Indiana primary in Indianapolis, Monday, May 5, 2008
(AP Photo/Michael Conroy)


Singer Stevie Wonder sings to open a rally for Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., on the eve of the Indiana primary in Indianapolis, Monday, May 5, 2008
(AP Photo/Michael Conroy)


Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., shakes hands with supporters as he arrives for a rally in Indianapolis, Monday, May 5, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)


Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., shakes hands with supporters as he arrives for a rally in Indianapolis, Monday, May 5, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)


Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks to supporters at a rally on the eve of the Indiana primary in Indianapolis, Monday, May 5, 2008 (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)


U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) speaks to thousands of supporters at an outdoor rally in Indianapolis late May 5, 2008. Indiana and North Carolina will hold Presidential Primaries May 6. REUTERS/Jason Reed


A young supporter of U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) holds a banner during an outdoor rally in Indianapolis late May 5, 2008. Indiana and North Carolina will hold Presidential Primaries May 6. REUTERS/Jason Reed

Obama rally with Stevie Wonder draws thousands to Downtown

May 6, 2008

Video of Stevie Wonder: http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080506/NEWS0502/805060394

By Mary Beth Schneider
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Standing before an estimated 21,000 people who turned the American Legion Mall into a sea of upturned faces, Sen. Barack Obama on Monday urged voters to help him change the world.

The mammoth rally, in which music legend Stevie Wonder was merely the warmup act, came on the eve of today's crucial primary elections in Indiana and North Carolina.

Obama is competing with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton for the delegates in each state in their quest for the Democratic presidential nomination.

"I'm not running just to win an election," Obama shouted. "I'm running to change the country, and that's why you're here as well."

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