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 Stories About: Barack Obama AND elections AND politics AND presidential race 08 AND Seattle
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Stadium Barack
Obama takes the stage in Seattle to rally support for Saturday's state caucuses |
Katy Balatero |
08 Feb 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Barack Obama's speech in Seattle today made this 26-year-old feel positively old. I and a few other Gristers hopped a bus over to the rally in Key Arena and were greeted by a stadium overflowing with supporters, many of them high school and college students. I overheard an usher say 'I dont see this kind of support for [Seattle's basketball team] the Sonics anymore.' (The venue holds 18,000 people: by speech time it was over capacity, with people crowded on the floor, ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, elections, politics, presidential race 08, Seattle (all these topics) |
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