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Obama draws record crowd in St. Louis
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| Contributor | The Sunset Provision |
| Last Edited | The Sunset Provision Oct 18, 2008 11:48am |
| Category | News |
| News Date | Oct 18, 2008 11:00am |
| Description | Standing under the Gateway Arch, Sen. Barack Obama spoke this afternoon before a crowd his campaign said totaled 100,000, a new U.S. record for his presidential bid.
"All I can say is, wow," Obama said as he took the stage, his home state behind his back across the Mississippi River.
The Illinois Democrat had in May attracted about 75,000 to an event in Portland, Ore., before that state's primary election. In Berlin, he drew more than 200,000 during a foreign trip in July.
In the first of two Missouri stops today, Obama defended his tax cut proposals, which Sen. John McCain had criticized earlier in the day during a stop in North Carolina.
"John McCain is so out of touch with the struggles you are facing, he must be the first politician in history to call a tax cut for working people 'welfare.'" Obama said. "George Bush and John McCain are out of ideas, they are out of touch, and if you stand with me in 17 days they'll be out of time."
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