Obama XLs in Hartford!

Obama in Hartford (0.00 / 0)

Watched Olbermann tonight. And the very brief clips of Barack on the stump showed him hugging Rosa DeLauro, Chris Murphy and John Larson (where's Joe Courtney?). Even saw him shaking hands with Ned Lamont for the briefest of nanoseconds at one point. I guess he really was in CT. It's about time.

The arc of history is long, but it bends toward justice. --Martin Luther King, Jr.

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by: connecticutyankee @ Tue Feb 05, 2008 at 03:43:56 AM UTC

Murphy... (0.00 / 0)

...was shaking hands after the event, and I asked him the same question:

where's Joe Courtney?

He said "well, I know Joe's got a different dynamic going on." I know that's true, but I wish it weren't so.

Anyway, the event was really energizing. Can't wait to spend the day tomorrow on GOTV. I'm taking vacation, and I've told the site coordinator to "use me like a rented mule."

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by: dauphinb @ Tue Feb 05, 2008 at 03:50:47 AM UTC

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When was the Hartford Civic Center renamed? n/t (0.00 / 0)

The arc of history is long, but it bends toward justice. --Martin Luther King, Jr.

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by: connecticutyankee @ Tue Feb 05, 2008 at 03:47:19 AM UTC

December 2007 (0.00 / 0)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H...

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by: dauphinb @ Tue Feb 05, 2008 at 03:51:58 AM UTC

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Great video (0.00 / 0)

Thanks for giving us a small taste of what being there must have been like.  Something to tell the grandchildren!

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by: Maura @ Tue Feb 05, 2008 at 04:53:17 AM UTC

It sure was more than the crowd (0.00 / 0)

gathered to see McCain in Fairfield.

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by: Sue @ Tue Feb 05, 2008 at 12:23:12 PM UTC

2,000 come out for McCain/LIEberman/Shays vs 17,000 for Obama (0.00 / 0)

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by: thomashooker @ Tue Feb 05, 2008 at 15:48:46 PM UTC

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Won me over (4.00 / 3)

All I can say is WOW!!! Before this event, I had never attended a political rally that felt like a rock concert. I've never been at a political rally where the crowd does the wave before the speech--not just once but several times. I don't think it's possible to fully appreciate how inspiring, eloquent, and witty Barack Obama is until you actually hear him speak live and in-person. Although I was a bit late in jumping on the Obama wagon, I have to say I was really impressed by his speech last night. Also, after scanning the crowd, it was amazing to see how his support was both cross-racial, cross-generational, and cross-gendered. Little white old ladies cheering alongside hip hop youth and Asian Americans.

Plus, it was a real bonus to watch Caroline and Ted Kennedy.

Wow. Wow. Wow.  

"If tyranny and oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy."--James Madison

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by: sufi @ Tue Feb 05, 2008 at 15:20:22 PM UTC

Encouraging (0.00 / 0)

Also, after scanning the crowd, it was amazing to see how his support was both cross-racial, cross-generational, and cross-gendered. Little white old ladies cheering alongside hip hop youth and Asian Americans.

Beyond the amazing turnout, that's the most important sentence I've seen written about this historic event!

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by: Maura @ Wed Feb 06, 2008 at 01:17:27 AM UTC

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I was my Ffld DTC meeting last nite (0.00 / 0)

when our town's first selectman walked in late....he was up at the Obama gathering up in Hartford...said it was incredible!

"Waiting....waiting on the world to change"  --John Mayer

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by: tigergrrl74 @ Tue Feb 05, 2008 at 21:31:12 PM UTC

yes we can (0.00 / 0)

Obama will bring America back.  If he's good enough for the Kennedys, he's good enough for me!!    www.whytheDemocratswillwinin2008.com

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by: jaredlangerman @ Wed Feb 06, 2008 at 02:06:01 AM UTC