| I was especially cheered by the overwhelming crowd response on energy policy. The throng at this rally clearly didn't think we can drill our way out of our energy woes - they were full-throated in their approval for Obama's calls for investment in renewable energy and in retooling the US economy.
Obama took the opportunity to hit back at McCain for the last week's distortions. The crowd was riled up and chanted "lies" in response to Obama's contrasts between his record and the crap the McCain campaign has been peddling about his tax plan, the lipstick comment and others.
At the end of the event, I asked the woman next to me how she had liked the speech. She had come to the event as a supporter, she said, and was happy to have heard Obama in person. "From the first time I heard him speak, I thought he was the future," she said, "at least the future I would want."
This was our favorite home-made sign at the event: 
We also loved the "GOTV" vanity plate on this car we saw in the parking garage on our way out: 
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