This rally has been sold out for over 2 days and will be streaming on all websites.
http://www.kgw.com
http://www.kptv.com
http://www.koin.com and http://www.katu.com.
People are already waiting in line from midnight last night
and all the choppers are
watching over the Rose Quarter.
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Erikson was describing that ineffable quality we call charisma,
and the way an individual life history sometimes converges with the historical moment:
"Now and again," Erikson wrote, "an individual is called upon," to lift his personal conflicts
to the level of cultural conflicts,
"and to try to solve for all
what he could not solve for himself alone."
A man lives not only his personal life,
as an individual,
but also, consciously or unconsciously,
the life of his epoch and his contemporaries.
~Thomas Mann
OBAMA IS THE NEW POLITICS
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Obama awakens memories of JFK for one Portlander
Posted by Joseph Rose, The Oregonian March 21, 2008 07:30AM
Categories: ObamaVisit2008
Joseph Rose/The Oregonian
Early morning Obama supporter Jim Poorman waits for the senator outside The Benson. His Radio Cab is parked across the street. There was a good reason Radio Cab driver Jim Poorman parked his taxi outside The Benson hotel at 5:30 a.m. It's not the best place in town to pick up fares that early in the morning, Poorman said. "But I wanted to see history."
Forget what some polls might say about Obama having a tough time connecting with blue-collar working Joes. Poorman tears up when he talks about the Democratic presidential front-runner.
"I feel like he's the only one who can change where this country's headed," he said. "I remember the first time I heard him talk, how it stirred me. Right away, I said, 'Holy cow, there's John.' "
John, as in John F. Kennedy.
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Poorman, a lifelong Portland resident, said he shook John F. Kennedy's hand during an Oregon visit just weeks before he was assassinated. He said he also shook Robert F. Kennedy's hand just before he was killed during his 1968 presidential bid.
"I've decided that I'm only going to wave at Obama," Poorman said.
"He represents hope for all of us."
But in the end, Poorman missed his chance to wave or take a snapshot with his camera.
A businessman walked out of The Benson and said he needed a cab. Poorman accepted the fare, hoping to get back in time to see the senator come out.
He just missed the chance.
A few minutes after Obama's motorcade left, Poorman pulled up and jumped out of his cab, camera in hand. "Did I miss him?" he asked anxiously.
Chilly campers await Obama
Posted by Jessica Bruder, The Oregonian March 21, 2008 07:28AM
Categories: ObamaVisit2008
Jessica Bruder/The Oregonian
Katie Scott, 26, of Beaverton keeps warm outside Memorial Coliseum with Sarah Parks, 25, of Tigard and Sonya Lundy, 27, of Canby.They brought chai and wool blankets. Hats and gloves. Snacks and camping chairs.
For 27-year-old Sonya Lundy of Canby and her friends, who set up to wait at 5 a.m. outside the Memorial Coliseum, the pre-dawn chill wasn't enough to dampen their excitement.
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As a member of the Army Reserves, Lundy served in Bagram, Afghanistan from 2006 to 2007. She is scheduled to deploy to Iraq next year and hopes that Obama will win the White House, setting a new tone for foreign policy.
"I want the war to end," she said simply. "I don't really want to go back."
Lundy didn't vote in the last two elections. If she had, she says she would have supported President George Bush in 2000.
"I really changed my opinion based on my years of experience serving abroad," Lundy said. She's blunt about her plans to vote for Obama. "I like the fact that change is important to him."
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