Obama draws 100,000 in St. Louis
Posted: October 18th, 2008, 3:01 pm
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A crowd of 100,000 - the largest U.S. crowd of the campaign - gathered to hear Barack Obama near the St. Louis Arch today.
"What a magnificent sight. All I can say is, 'wow!'" Obama said to the crowd, estimated at 90,000 by a St. Louis police spokesman, who said 10,000 more were filing into the rally.
Missouri, like North Carolina, has become a fiercely fought battleground state. Today, while McCain was in Concord and later Virginia, Obama talked taxes in St. Louis.
Said Obama: "Lately, Senator McCain has been attacking my middle class tax cut. He actually said it goes to, “those who don't pay taxes,” even though it only goes to working people who are already getting taxed on their paycheck. That's right, Missouri – John McCain is so out of touch with the struggles you are facing that he must be the first politician in history to call a tax cut for working people 'welfare.'"
In late August, Obama drew 84,000 when he accepted the Democratic nomination for president in Denver. In May, he drew 75,000 to an outdoor rally in Portland. Republican VP nominee Sarah Palin also has drawn large crowds, including an estimated 60,000 at rally in Florida last month.
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