Barack is working extraordinarily hard in these closing days, racing all over the country. Today alone he hit three states: Nevada, Colorado and Missouri -- all states that are crucial to this election.
The numbers of people coming out for the events are amazing. Fifteen thousand in Henderson, Nevada. Sixteen thousand in Pueblo, Colorado (verified by Sheriff Kirk M Taylor). Thirty-five thousand in Springfield, Missouri (per Leslie Ballew, Quality Assurance Manager Springfield Public Schools).
It's amazing to see the young folks who come out. Every year the pundits say young people never get involved. But this year, from the Iowa caucuses on, they have been proven wrong over and over again. But it's not just the young folks, as Michelle Obama said in Pueblo.
There is something so inspiring about seeing people in their 50's, 60's, 70's, saying, "I've never gotten involved before, but this time there was something different. I just couldn't sit it out."
It's going to take all kinds of people, not just coming to rallies but going to the polls. People are so fed up with the way things are, but there is something you can do. As Barack has been saying all over the country, "You don't have to boo, you have to vote."
There is more that you can do if you are able and willing. You can canvass, you can make phone calls, you can simply talk to your friends and neighbors. Are they planning on voting? Do they know where their polling place is? Try and find out. And don't stop whatever you are doing until the polls are closed Tuesday night. Barack told the crowd in Missouri tonight:
We can't let up, not when there is so much at stake, not when there is an election to win.
And we can win it. Enjoy the day in pictures.
Arun ChaudharyNovember 1st, 2008Springfield, MO
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