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Republicans see red as their states turn blue - World - smh.com.au
DEMOCRAT Barack Obama said the winds of change were blowing across the United States as he roused the biggest American crowd of his campaign to date in the Republican state of Missouri.
The political world seemed to have been turned upside down on Saturday as Senator John McCain found himself defending North Carolina and Virginia, while Senator Obama was greeted by an estimated 100,000 people in St Louis.
The crowd far surpassed the 75,000 people who saw Senator Obama in Portland, Oregon, during the primaries, or the 80,000 who packed Denver's football stadium to hear his acceptance speech at the Democratic convention. (The biggest campaign crowd, an estimated 200,000 people, gathered in Berlin during Senator Obama's July swing through Europe.)
Missouri supported President Bush in 2000 and 2004, and has gone with the winner in all but one presidential contest over the past century.
"All I can say is, 'Wow', " Senator Obama said as he surveyed the crowd gathered at the edge of the Mississippi River, underneath the nation's tallest monument, the 192-metre Gateway Arch.
DEMOCRAT Barack Obama said the winds of change were blowing across the United States as he roused the biggest American crowd of his campaign to date in the Republican state of Missouri.
The political world seemed to have been turned upside down on Saturday as Senator John McCain found himself defending North Carolina and Virginia, while Senator Obama was greeted by an estimated 100,000 people in St Louis.
The crowd far surpassed the 75,000 people who saw Senator Obama in Portland, Oregon, during the primaries, or the 80,000 who packed Denver's football stadium to hear his acceptance speech at the Democratic convention. (The biggest campaign crowd, an estimated 200,000 people, gathered in Berlin during Senator Obama's July swing through Europe.)
Missouri supported President Bush in 2000 and 2004, and has gone with the winner in all but one presidential contest over the past century.
"All I can say is, 'Wow', " Senator Obama said as he surveyed the crowd gathered at the edge of the Mississippi River, underneath the nation's tallest monument, the 192-metre Gateway Arch.