Grabbed this image from Time Magazine!Just as McCain made a strategic move, Obama made his own. Obama booked the Excelon Center in St Paul, MN. This is the site of the 2008 Republican Convention. Obama sent a message- there is no place where Republicans can think is safe in this campaign. The crowd was wound-up and roaring long before the scheduled speech. Sen Amy Klobuchar was there speaking to MSNBC and the crowd went wild! This venue is very public, big, and open. The Video Screens were on and obviously tuned to the political coverage. The estimates were 17,000 people in the the building and 15,000 outside- 32,000 people attended this speech!!
Obama praised Clinton, acknowledged the hard-fought contest and declared himself the nominee! Obama attacked McCain, but mostly, he praised his voters and let them know that this is their victory, this their time, and this is the time to march to victory and the White House.
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