Maybe it was the morning snow. Or the fact that no one knew actor Robert DeNiro would make a surprise appearance. Or polls showing Hillary Clinton leading in New York and this neighboring state.
Whatever the reason, fewer than 3,000 people turned out for Barack Obama's midday rally today at the 18,000-seat Izod Arena at the Meadowlands sports center in suburban New Jersey that also featured Sen. Ted Kennedy and Caroline Kennedy, who took the Redeye from her Obama rally Sunday with Oprah Winfrey in Los Angeles to be here.
Those who showed got a razzle-dazzle show.
"If this election were to be decided just on the basis of experience then Dick Cheney would be our next president," DeNiro said with his trademark smirk, drawing squeals of delight as he riffed off Clinton's argument that Obama lacks the experience to lead the nation."He wasn't experienced enough to authorize the war in Iraq, he just didn't get it," DeNiro said in another dig at Clinton, who initially voted to authorize the invasion.
"It's clear that Barack Obama does not have the experience to just let special interests run the government.""You know, that's the kind of inexperience I could get used to," the New York-based DeNiro said before embracing Obama. After a plug by another former presidential hopeful, past New Jersey Sen. Bill Bradley, Ted Kennedy likened Obama to his iconic brother, the slain President John F. Kennedy. Obama "will inspire a new generation of young people," he said.
But Obama one-upped his new mentor, starting with his joke about the New York Giants' victory over Kennedy's team, the New England Patriots."I have said repeatedly that this campaign is about bringing people together. And for me to be able to bring a Patriots fan to the Meadowlands the day after the Super Bowl is like bringing the lion and the lamb together," Obama joked as the white-haired Massachusetts powerhouse grinned like a kid. "We can bridge all gaps and all divisions in this country."
Speaking as energetically as if he were addressing the crowds of 13,000 to 20,000 that he drew earlier this week from Idaho to Delaware, Obama drew standing ovations as he blending Martin Luther King's calls to action with JFK's pledge for a new kind of politics.
Whatever the reason, fewer than 3,000 people turned out for Barack Obama's midday rally today at the 18,000-seat Izod Arena at the Meadowlands sports center in suburban New Jersey that also featured Sen. Ted Kennedy and Caroline Kennedy, who took the Redeye from her Obama rally Sunday with Oprah Winfrey in Los Angeles to be here.
Those who showed got a razzle-dazzle show.
"If this election were to be decided just on the basis of experience then Dick Cheney would be our next president," DeNiro said with his trademark smirk, drawing squeals of delight as he riffed off Clinton's argument that Obama lacks the experience to lead the nation."He wasn't experienced enough to authorize the war in Iraq, he just didn't get it," DeNiro said in another dig at Clinton, who initially voted to authorize the invasion.
"It's clear that Barack Obama does not have the experience to just let special interests run the government.""You know, that's the kind of inexperience I could get used to," the New York-based DeNiro said before embracing Obama. After a plug by another former presidential hopeful, past New Jersey Sen. Bill Bradley, Ted Kennedy likened Obama to his iconic brother, the slain President John F. Kennedy. Obama "will inspire a new generation of young people," he said.
But Obama one-upped his new mentor, starting with his joke about the New York Giants' victory over Kennedy's team, the New England Patriots."I have said repeatedly that this campaign is about bringing people together. And for me to be able to bring a Patriots fan to the Meadowlands the day after the Super Bowl is like bringing the lion and the lamb together," Obama joked as the white-haired Massachusetts powerhouse grinned like a kid. "We can bridge all gaps and all divisions in this country."
Speaking as energetically as if he were addressing the crowds of 13,000 to 20,000 that he drew earlier this week from Idaho to Delaware, Obama drew standing ovations as he blending Martin Luther King's calls to action with JFK's pledge for a new kind of politics.
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