Barack Obama in Lancaster, PA (first two photos), then at a Town Hall Meeting in Reading, before a full house of 2500. And finally at a rally in Scranton, PA (last photo), with Caroline Kennedy and Senator Bob Casey, Jr. Casey's family is from Scranton, and other family members were also there, including his mother, Eleanor, widow of Governor Bob Casey. The enthusiastic crowd was estimated at 4800.Two items about Scranton (which is also home to the Rodhams, Hillary's family): first, this description of the rally contains a couple of paragraphs from Obama's speech that pretty neatly summarize his "closing argument" for PA voters to vote for him Tuesday.
Second, this story in the Washington Post reports on the Obama ground campaign in Scranton, where it withstood racial slurs and threats, and worked hard for every vote--all hoping to keep the margin of defeat in Scranton below 30 points. It says something about the young people in particular who worked together with such energy and perseverance for their common cause. According to one of them,
"Sure, there are long hours," he said. "But we're like a family here. Everybody's last name is Obama."
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