[Via Muzikal203 on DailyKos]
Missouri has become a battleground state and is now trending toward Barack Obama. Today’s huge crowd in St. Louis, Obama’s biggest draw in the United States, demonstrates the enthusiasm that is likely to flip the state to the Democrat. From the AFP report:
ST LOUIS, Missouri (AFP) — A gigantic crowd numbered by police at 100,000 people turned out for a rally here Saturday by Democrat Barack Obama on the closing stretch of the White House campaign.
"What a magnificent sight. All I can say is, wow!" the Illinois senator said as he looked over the sea of supporters massed under the soaring St Louis Gateway Arch, which at 630 feet (192 meters) is the nation’s tallest monument.
According to Obama’s campaign, Lieutenant Samuel Dotson of the St Louis Police Department had confirmed 90,000 in a park under the arch, also known as Missouri’s "Gateway to the West."
Dotson said another 10,000 were still filing into the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial park next to the Mississippi River, as Obama laid out his case against Republican John McCain ahead of the November 4 election.
