Here's Uncle Wayne's photo album from the Obama rally yesterday morning. This was walking distance from the house, and the line started on Germantown Avenue and snaked around for a while. They were fortunate to get in; 5000 people were left outside by the time the speeches started (pictured in the album).
Wayne and Andy and Jan's comments (second hand)...Obama was in a very good mood. He talked a lot about specifics, and seemed to be looking towards governing without being overconfident.
They also liked this bit, as relayed by the paper:
Obama read the same speech each time, but he ad-libbed a bit and seemed increasingly buoyant as the day progressed. Telling his favorite new story about buying pie from a Republican-leaning Ohio diner owner, he joked with a woman who called out from the Germantown crowd.
"You will make me some pie?" he asked. "What kind of pie do you make? Sweet potato pie?"As the crowd roared, he poured it on. "We're going to have to have a sweet potato pie contest," he said. "I'll be the judge, because I want my sweet potato pie."
Here's the story of Obama's day from the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Some pictures:
The line outside the park:
The people who got left outside! They at least could get a distant glance of the goings on:
Obama speaking, a long shot of the crowd:
A close up of sorts of Obama at the lectern:
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