Hillary Clinton in Los Angeles -Huge crowds (VIDEO)

http://www.mydd.com/story/2008/2/2/184625/5386


Between her rally in San Diego yesterday and then the one here in Los Angeles today, Clinton seems to be sending one very distinct message: Southern California is Clinton country. Gotta tell you, it sure felt like it today. As I drove onto the campus of Cal State Los Angeles in East LA, I was followed by what looked like a neverending stream of cars. Once on campus, as I approached the gym where the rally was being held I found a ridiculously long line, again, seemingly neverending (see video below.) I've not seen anything like this at any Clinton event I've been to, these are the kinds of crowds Barack Obama gets, not Hillary Clinton.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Sgd12l3X74

The event was pretty long, spanning a few hours and featuring an impressive string of speakers including actors Christine Lahti, Amber Tamblyn, America Ferrera and Bradley Whitford in addition to many elected officials including several members of California's congressional delegation (Maxine Waters, Hilda Solis, Brad Sherman, Diane Watson...) as well as CA Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez, State Comptroller John Chung, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums.

Just as I was in Nevada, I was really struck today by the diversity of the crowd both age but especially gender-wise. I suspect the crowd was more female than male but not by much. And the excitement in that room was, as cliche as it sounds, electric. People like to chalk Clinton's popularity in the polls up to her name recognition and her status as the "establishment" candidate but, as I've said before, her opponents underestimate the passion people have for her at their peril. Here's another video that will give you a sense of the crowd's excitement inside the gym today.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtNgCvfVwDo

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K&R

:rofl:

:woohoo:

Since I posted this in the Obama "Holy, shit!" thread I should post it here, too, just to be fair.



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