Michael Leon blogs at http://malcontends.blogspot.com. Michael is a writer living in Madison, Wisconsin. His writing has appeared nationally in The Progressive, In These Times, OpEdNews.com, and CounterPunch.
Obama Rocks in Madison, Record WI Primary Crowd
Posted February 13th, 2008 by mal contends
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Crazy-great scene last night as Obama speaks before some 19,000 people in Madison, with overflow rooms housing the latecomers.
The UW-Madison art history emeritus prof next to me said the passion reminded him of RFK and the Vietnam Moratorium event in Madison in 1969, except a less angry, more clean-cut crowd.
Waiting over two hours, much of it in the cold, the crowd was electric as Obama entered, as flashes from cameras made a political moment that one feels you had be there to fully capture.
See the following reports:
Barack Obama in Madison, Wisconsin (Good video on Youtube)
Barack Obama: Potomac Primary Night (Good video)
Obama rallies at Kohl Center: Over-capacity crowd waits two hours to hear presidential hopeful
Obama energizes 17,000+ at Kohl Center
Obama inspires crowd at packed Kohl Center rally
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