By Antonio D. French
Filed Friday, March 3 at 5:06 PM
U.S. Senator Barack Obama appeared today at an event for Claire McCaskill, who is campaigning to replace Republican Sen. Jim Talent. The event, which took place at the Chase Park Plaza in the Central West End, brought out most of the elected Democrats in the region.
Attendees included St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay, County Executive Charlie Dooley, Congressmen Lacy Clay and Russ Carnahan, State Senators Pat Dougherty, Joan Bray, Rita Days, State Reps Connie Johnson, Rodney Hubbard, Yaphett El-Amin, Amber Boykins, John Bowman, and many, many more.
Obama pressed what he said was the importance of getting a Democratic majority elected to Congress. "I can't do it by myself," Obama told the crowd. "I need partners in the Senate and the House," he said.
The senator from Illinois said that he doesn't think President Bush or the Republicans are bad people. It's just that "their idea of America is very different than ours," Obama said. He said the GOP's vision boils down to, "You're on your own."
Click here to see pictures from today's event.
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