Scenes from Cincinnati: "It's electric"
July 15, 2008
As the Dayton Daily News reported on Saturday:
Presidential candidate Barack Obama’s campaign - realizing that everyone who wants to see him on Monday in Cincinnati can’t get into the NAACP convention - is holding a public party in downtown Cincinnati during his speech just blocks away.
By early Monday morning over 1000 people had RSVP’d online to watch a live broadcast of Barack’s speech on the jumbotron in Fountain Square, just a few blocks away from the 99th Annual NAACP Convention at the Duke Energy Center. Ohio staffer Lucas Fleischer was there earlier tonight to witness the event firsthand:
It’s a lovely evening in downtown Cincinnati. In spite of the cool breeze, the crowd at Fountain Square is Fired Up! There are hundreds of people waiting to watch Barack’s speech from the NAACP convention (just blocks away) on the giant jumbotron towering above. The vibe is jubilant. People are smiling, laughing, and registering to vote.
Volunteers and Organizing Fellows were on hand to register voters. One Fellow named Janice reported:
I’ve registered 45 or 50 people, and people keep coming up to me. I’m all out of Obama stickers… This is the best day yet.
Volunteer Kathy, standing nearby, finished up registering a voter and turned to describe the mood:
It’s really electric. People are really excited about voting. About doing the right thing. About unity. It’s just so wonderful.
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