Meanwhile 8,000 turned out for Obama/Biden in Beaver, PA (here's the local newspaper account)

[book_worm]

BEAVER — Sen. Barack Obama says the upcoming presidential election isn’t about him, but “what’s in your heart and in your minds in terms of where you want to take America.”

But for the estimated 8,000 or so folks crowded in and around Beaver’s Irvine Park Friday night, the focus was squarely on Obama, fresh off Thursday’s acceptance of the Democratic nomination for the presidential race.

But unlike the glitz and glitter of Obama’s Thursday speech in Denver’s Invesco Field football stadium, Friday’s appearance took on more of a Norman Rockwell tone, but with a bit of star-struck adoration mixed in.

As Obama spoke inside the flag-draped gazebo, his running mate, Sen. Joseph Biden, stood nearby and smiled broadly. Their spouses, Michelle Obama and Jill Biden, sat on stools just off the gazebo steps, looking up at Barack Obama as he spoke.

Most of Obama’s 30-minute speech traveled familiar ground, picking up on themes he laid out during his Thursday acceptance speech.

Obama reached out with themes that resonate not only in the county seat, but all across the country, including families wondering what the future holds for their children and grandchildren, wondering of the fate of generations to come.

“Are they going to be able to live out the American dream?” Obama said people are questioning.

http://www.timesonline.com/articles/2008/08/30/news/top_stories/doc48b8b9b67d46b364368830.txt

[dkf]

1. Hey that's more people than live in the town McCain's VP choice spent

all but 2 years of her political life in.

[YDogg]

2. versus empty seats and a nervous looking mccain introducing a running mate under investigation

[CatsDogsBabies]

3. That is the town I grew up in

and 8000 is more than the population of Beaver, so that is a good sized crowd

[Richardo]

4. I was born about 3 miles from there.

:patriot:

[demodonkey]

5. I wanted to go but you had to pick up tickets in person the day before or morning of, and...

...it's 50 miles one-way for me to get there.

Hopefully O and B will spend a lot more time in Western PA! They ROCK and we need them to WIN here in the land of the bitter (not that the rest of the USA doesn't! ;-) )

[kwyjibo]

6. Thanks for adding some positive Obama news to the Palin-fest that GDP has become