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Senator Barack Obama’s “Road to Change” bus tour of Pennsylvania continues Monday March 31st and Tuesday April 1st with stops in Lancaster, Allentown, Wilkes-Barre and Scranton. Monday Lancaster Town Hall Meeting Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology Allentown Rally Muhlenberg College Obama began his bus tour on Friday with stops at Soldier’s and Sailor’s Hall in Pittsburgh and the Hempfield Area High School gymnasium in Hempfield Township. I attended both events as a member of the press. Both events were packed to the gills, and the free tickets were given out soon after they became available. Attendees were extremely I don’t yet know whether there’s been an actual endorsement of Obama by Rep. Jason Altmire who represents Pittsburgh’s northern suburbs and is a superdelegate, but he’s clearly supporting Obama. He was introduced by Obama to cheers, and stood several times to cheer for Obama’s applause lines. I mentioned before that his wife I was at two of Obama’s rallies yesterday, and I’ve been asked what it’s like. An Obama event is a unique political event in my experience. It’s like a cross between an African-American church service, an intimate rock concert, and your favorite professor’s lectures. There’s the call and response of African-American churches, While these former Pittsburgh Steelers may not be superdelegates, they are super stars. Their support actually does matter to football-crazy Pittsburgh. How much? It may not be quantifiable, but it does, like Senator Casey’s support, increase his appeal to working-class male voters. Jerome Bettis (aka The Bus) and Franco Harris gave Obama a football |
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