Thousands at Obama rally in Hartford
In address to nearly 17,000, senator warns young supporters that ‘our generation is at war’
At 4:30 on Monday afternoon, six buses carrying over 100 New Haven residents pulled up to the XL Center in Hartford. Passengers — including locals and Yale students — unloaded into a crowd of 17,000. Pre-event lines wrapped around the entire city block. Attendees waited in a light snow.
Hours after his opponent Senator Hillary Clinton LAW ’73 held an emotional, intimate roundtable discussion at the Yale Child Study Center, Sen. Barack Obama stood in front of many die-hards — and some skeptics — about 40 miles away. Just one day before primary voting in more than 20 states around...
If I had known there was a group from new haven and yale i would've joined. in the end the last minute decision to attend the obama rally was a good one. i too met mothers bringing their daughters who are first time voters to their first political rally..as it was mine. I saw families with young children. I saw in the Civic center a true melting pot of what America stands for...a way of life that includes hope, change and justice for all. I saw all walks of life and cultures and ages. I feel as if I were in the era of JFK. Thank you to Caroline and Sen Kennedy for bringing Obama to the front of the line!