President Obama speaks to hundreds of people crammed into an overflow room before his speech - pic

[Kadie]

US President Barack Obama speaks to an overflow group of students and others at the University of Iowa on April 25, 2012 in Iowa City, Iowa. President Obama is on a two-day trip through the 2012 US Presidential race battle ground states of North Carolina, Colorado and Iowa where he is speaking about the cost of student loans and other issues.


Obama, in campaign form, seeks Iowa's youth vote
By BEN FELLER, AP White House Correspondent – 1 hour ago

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Obama, who was born in Hawaii and hails from Illinois, made his comment about the at-home feeling of Iowa to hundreds of people crammed into an overflow room before his speech. It was a reminder of the political overtones of his stop in this competitive state, where his early 2008 caucus victory catapulted a campaign that led to a decisive victory over Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., in the general election.

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[onehandle]

1. I'd hate to be the Secret Service guy in that crate he's on.

You know there is one in there.

[Bluzmann57]

2. I was there

Can't see me because we were waaaayyyyy in the back of that room. He made a couple of remarks, shook a few hands, and then went to the main arena. When they said get there early, they were not kidding.

[rurallib]

3. Played a lot of basketball in my day in that room

The Old North gym at the Fieldhouse at the U.