How big are Obama's crowds in Pennsylvania????

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Are they as big as they used to be? Are Hillary's crowds any larger??

Might be a better indicator than those F -word polls

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1. He is having town halls instead of the big rallies.

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2. He was criticized and call a cult leader for having Rallies......

so he started having smaller rallies after Texas.

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3. some info...

Obama's first visit to region a chance to listen, not talk
Monday, March 17, 2008
By Gary Rotstein, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Illinois Sen. Barack Obama's first campaign visit to Western Pennsylvania this morning may be marked more by what he hears in Monaca than what he says.

His stirring oratory has become one of the focal points of the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, with New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton sometimes trying to use it against him in suggesting the two present a choice of style versus substance.

But Mr. Obama's scheduled 11:30 a.m. visit to Community College of Beaver County is billed as a "town meeting" rather than a speech. That means he is coming primarily to listen, said a campaign spokesman, Sean Smith. He'll likely devote more time to calling upon people with raised hands to ask him questions than to delivering any new message about America, the Bush administration or Mrs. Clinton.

"Senator Obama wanted to do a smaller, more intimate style of town hall event rather than a big speech," Mr. Smith said. "He wants a chance to hear directly from the voters in Western Pennsylvania."
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The public had an opportunity to claim free tickets to the event over the weekend, and Mr. Smith said all of those were taken by yesterday. Those who held tickets to the originally scheduled Penn State Beaver event may use those for admission.

The gymnasium in The Dome, the community college's signature building, holds about 3,000 people, said college President Joe Forrester, who was happy the timing of the rescheduled visit gave the school a chance to host a potential president.
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While it's likely this is only the first of multiple visits Mr. Obama will make to the Pittsburgh region over the next five weeks, no others are yet scheduled.
Gary Rotstein can be reached at [e-mail] or 412-263-1255.
First published on March 17, 2008 at 12:00 am

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Obama Talks Jobs, Economy In Beaver Co.
CENTER TWP. (KDKA) ― Sen. Barack Obama brought his presidential campaign to Western Pennsylvania today.

Obama held a town hall meeting the Community College of Beaver County's Golden Dome.

Obama talked jobs, veteran's benefits and the economy.

He also struck back at comments by Senator Hillary Clinton for alleging that he did not oppose the Iraq war from the beginning.

He also responded to a Clinton allegation that he supported keeping 190,000 private contractors in Iraq.

Obama said he introduced the legislation to remove them.

Obama had originally scheduled a town hall meeting at the Penn State Beaver Campus on March 13th, but had to cancel then because of a Senate vote.

Obama will speak in Scranton this evening.

Stay with KDKA for more coverage of today's visit by Senator Obama.

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