Obama headlines rally for McCaskill
2006-10-09
Source: Springfield News Leader
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rss feedIllinois Sen. Barack Obama, headlining a rally for Senate candidate Claire McCaskill, whipped a Democratic crowd into shouts and applause Saturday by criticizing President Bush and saying Democrats must do more than complain to win November's elections.
"The question is, how bad do we want it? The question is, are we willing to work for it?" Obama told about 1,000 people at the Uptown Theater. "The fact is, the other side has worked for it.
"Democrats complain all the time about this, and they complain about that," he said. "Let me tell you something, the time for complaining is over."
McCaskill is in a tight race with Republican Sen. Jim Talent on the Nov. 7 ballot.
Obama, who is seen as a possible presidential candidate in 2008, told the crowd to get out and work for the Democratic Party.
"Don't tell me you have had enough if you're not working. Don't tell me you've had enough if you're not volunteering," Obama said. "I want everybody here before you leave, if you haven't signed up, to get in that office and make some telephone calls, or lick some envelopes or knock on some doors, and grab your cousin Pookie and take him to the polls."
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