Barack Obama Rallies Springfield Missouri November 1st 2008

Hundreds of people were lining up as early as ten hours before the actual appearance of Senator Barack Obama, scheduled to speak at JFK stadium last night, in Springfield Missouri. Lines were as far away as three miles down Sunshine street. With people from Arkansas, Oklahoma and Kansas also present for the event.

It reminded me of a rock concert. There were people selling tee shirts. This invent however wasn't only for the young. People of all age groups attended.

The doors opened at around 6 P.M. last night. Obama was scheduled to give his speech at 9 P.M. But did not enter the stage to give his "Change we need" speech until 9:45P.M.. To accommodate people still entering the complex. There were an estimated 30,000 people in attendance.

With the election only two days away, the candidates McCain and Obama are still running neck to neck in the "battleground" state of Missouri. Both have been heavily campaigning here over the last two weeks.

"We are three days away from changing America, right here in Missouri!", Obama said. It really got the crowd going In his speech last night. Obama touched down on different topics.

He explained how his tax plan would benefit all people making under 250,000 dollars a year. While mentioning Joe, (the plumber) Werzulbacher. He stated his tax plan was better than McCain, who only gives tax breaks to the very wealthy.

The relationship between John McCain and George W. Bush came up. Saying that when it came to the economy, John McCain was not a "maverick," but rather a "sidekick" of President Bush. He also mention John McCain often changes the subject when it comes to the economy. While at the same time condemning Obama as a "socialist".

America's Health care system was addressed. He spoke of fining companies that did not offer their employees insurance. Mentioning his mother who was denied insurance during her bout with cancer, because of a pre existing condition.

Obama brought up the topic of Iraq. He said that it was time to quit spending ten billion dollars a month on the war, when we need it at home. He also explained that he was not to be underestimated when it came to homeland security.

Obama's wife Michelle lended her support as well as Senator Claire McCaskill. They were both big crowd pleasers.

To me it is exciting to see such a huge turn out in my area. I have lived here for ten years and have never seen any event as large as this. Which is very interesting because Greene county is predominately Republican. Barack Obama knows this and I admire him for campaigning so much in the last weeks, in our state. I am sure this is going to help him greatly. However, is it enough to win in Missouri?.