3,500 rallying for Dean right now in Portland, Oregon!

[sfecap]

Live webcast:

http://www.websoapbox.com/media/deanforpresident.ram

[dajabr]

1. Cool!

Thank you!

[dajabr]

2. Um...

Holy crap!

Pointing at the flag - "That does not belong to President Bush!"

[sfecap]

3. He's rockin' Portland!

People on rooftops!

Seattle is next!

[dajabr]

4. NY for me on Tuesday!!!

WoooHoo!

sfecap, did you see he's got a plane?

"David Weinberger: This must be what momentum feels like
Sleepless at 7:15

blogger on a presidential press bus. Woohoo! I think I'll print myself
up a certificate!]

There are four buses for the press and staff. I looked in each and picked the studious one where most people have their laptops out. I'm just that sort of guy,

Joe Trippi's son just came through with an assortment of potato chips.
I chose BBQ because it just looks so professional to have your fingertips and lips ringed with orange flecks.

I'm sitting next to Patsy Wilson from Reuters; she's got a White House press pass hanging from her bag. In front of me, Mario from the Getty Archive is editing some photos he's taken of the event: bring a face out of the shadows, turn up the contrast on a woman holding a Dean sign, upload it via a cellphone modem. Isn't technology amazing?

It's quite a collection of journalists. Maybe 30 of them. CNN. The NY Times. Reuters. C-SPAN, Newsweek. Fourteen months before the election. This must be what momentum feels like."

David Weinberger: This must be what momentum feels like
Sleepless at 7:15

blogger on a presidential press bus. Woohoo! I think I'll print myself
up a certificate!]

There are four buses for the press and staff. I looked in each and picked the studious one where most people have their laptops out. I'm just that sort of guy,

Joe Trippi's son just came through with an assortment of potato chips.
I chose BBQ because it just looks so professional to have your fingertips and lips ringed with orange flecks.

I'm sitting next to Patsy Wilson from Reuters; she's got a White House press pass hanging from her bag. In front of me, Mario from the Getty Archive is editing some photos he's taken of the event: bring a face out of the shadows, turn up the contrast on a woman holding a Dean sign, upload it via a cellphone modem. Isn't technology amazing?

It's quite a collection of journalists. Maybe 30 of them. CNN. The NY Times. Reuters. C-SPAN, Newsweek. Fourteen months before the election. This must be what momentum feels like.

http://blog.deanforamerica.com/archives/001175.html

Kinda cool!

[sfecap]

5. They chartered a 737 for the Tour...

His campaign really has their act together...450 people at an unannounced stop in Boise, Idaho!

The NY crowd is going to be huge!

[Cha]

7. "Sleepless in Seattle"!

Thanks for posting this, sfecap!

[sfecap]

9. You're welcome, Zidzi!

What a beautiful day...

Are you watching this? Look at the crowd...some estimates are 5000...they love him!

Great song, too.

"We can"

Should be a feed from Seattle around 5:30 PDT.

[Cha]

16. I wondered what the song was! Who sang it?

Excellent title!

Well, I'm gonna hurry and get back so I can watch Seattle!

I had heard 3,500 People so I'm happy if they had more than Virginia! :-)

[sfecap]

20. The song...

"We Can"

Many people asked the name of the song played as Governor Dean left the stage in Falls Church, Virginia this afternoon. It's called "We Can," by Joanna. It's the official campaign song and a great song for the Sleepless Summer Tour. We can and will raise a million against Bush by the end of the Sleepless Summer Tour, and we can and will take our country back in November of 2004. The grassroots never sleeps!

They'll try to stop the dream we're dreamin'
But they can't stop us from believing
They will fill your head with doubt
But that won't stop us now
So let them say we can't do it
Put up a road block
We'll just run right through it.. Cause...


www.blogforamerica.com

[Cha]

30. Beautiful! Thanks!

That's a darlin' picture of Trisha Enright asleep on the plane!

And the blog said more than 5,000 People in Portland! :kick:

[dajabr]

11. The rooftop thing was neat!

I think I'm going to have to camp out in Bryant Park to even get a shot at a handshake...

[Cha]

6. Hey, Hey, Hey! That's my daughter's territory! Portland!

He's so adorable! I'm sorry! But he is! :-)

[dajabr]

10. Unreal, huh zidzi?

Our little Howard is turning into quite the rockstar! :-)

[Cha]

15. Yeah! And I've got one of his tee shirts!

"I Want My Country Back"! :kick:

[Cha]

8. Who did he just hug?

[dajabr]

12. HI PORTLAND, OREGON!!! n/t

[sfecap]

13. Wow! He just said hello to all the WEB watchers!!

This really is great...

People Powered Howard!

[Cha]

14. "Baby needs a Kiss"! They are having so much fun!

and I am so jealous! :hi: back to them!

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

17. Soylent Dean IS People!

[dajabr]

19. LOL ! n/t

[CMT]

18. another huge crowd

this early in the campaign. To think that in Virginia he got over 4,000 people--i'm still reeling over that.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

21. Tidal wave.

[sfecap]

22. Some estimates for the Portland crowd are up to 5000...

Pretty amazing.

Seattle will probably be even bigger!

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

23. Fuckin' A!

3 hours to go.

[dajabr]

25. RUMMY, you going to Seattle rally?

Get those pics! I'll be looking forward to your recap. :toast:

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

27. Got batteries. Got camera. Got server space.

Can't have Portland outdoing us now, can we? (No offense, Ducks and Beavers)

:toast:

[dajabr]

28. And, for when it's over...

Got voice? B-)

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

29. No way.

The old town will be hoppin' tonight.

[Cha]

31. You go RummyisFrosted!

Each tour city gets Bigger! Yeah! :toast:

[caledesi]

36. ROTFLMAO! "Rummy, are you going?" I don't think so... n/t

[molly]

33. 5,000 - really?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=224796#224963

[sfecap]

34. That is truly pathetic.

Envy is a sad, sad, thing...

[molly]

38. Envy? I didn't make that post - I just reported it

does the TRUTH hurt more than the FICTION?

[caledesi]

35. Virginia? Yeah, me too. Used to live there. Unbelievable.

Heard the speech in Portland. Great! The crowd reminded me of a more East Coast crowd. They were loud and animated. The speech was great. I am so excited.

[rucky]

24. Just Came Back From It!

The venue was waaaay too small for the turnout, which is a good thing I s'pose. Dean mentioned 5000 as the rough count for turnout. People were spilling out into the streets. I didn't get to actually see him the way it was set up, but it was a hellova speech. Standard stump, modified to echo some of the stuff he said on CNN this morning. Two digs on Karl Rove (I wouldn't do them justice by paraphrasing, but hopefully they'll resurface).

Very Positive vibe! Lotsa dogs and kids there - different crowd from yer usual a Portland-Style political rally - especially in contrast to last Thursday when Dubya was in town with the Stormtroopers standing guard.

Not a whole lotta TV media there, but hopefully you can check it out on www.howarddean.tv OR www.oregonfordean.com

[deutsey]

26. Blogforamerica says 4,000!

:thumbsup:

[mandyky]

32. They now have an MP3 of his speech

a link to it is on the blog

[caledesi]

37. Heard the mp3....great! I was clapping in my living room...

Okay, I am a disturbed person. Crucify me!

Dean/Clark...my dream ticket.