The Race for 2008: Overflowing in Portland
Reporting for Portland’s Oregonian, Michelle Cole, Dave Hogan and Tony Green paint a compelling local portrait of an unusual local political event: “The Obama campaign supplied plastic beach balls that were batted around the crowd. Rock music blared, a few people danced, and volunteers handed out cups of water.
Some in the crowd said they’d already voted for Clinton.
“I actually didn’t vote for Obama,” said Tita Compere, 25, who spent 10 hours Saturday volunteering for Clinton’s campaign. But Compere was impressed by the crowd’s diversity, something she felt was lacking in Clinton’s televised Friday night event. “It was just 40-year-old white women.”
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