Clark with Obamas in Pueblo CO
Obama’s final campaign stop in Colorado took on a festival feel Saturday, with several thousand jubilant supporters dancing in the streets and acting like the election was over. Maybe that’s because for most of them it was.-snip
Supporters danced to oldies music, chanted “O-bam-a!” and ate ice cream on an unseasonably warm afternoon. But they were urged not to rest after casting their votes.
“We’re counting on you to make phone calls and go out and see your neighbors,” said former Democratic presidential candidate and retired Army Gen. Wesley Clark.
Gen. Clark was the warm-up act for Barack and Michelle Obama today.
Retired Gen. Wesley Clark, who once considered his own run for president, has rallied the troops in Pueblo by saying he thinks Obama will be “a great president.”Clark said that President Bush’s tenure has been marked by a familiar pattern of crisis and failure – on finding terrorist leader Osama bin Laden, resolving the war in Iraq, rebuilding New Orleans after the damage of Hurricane Katrina, and fixing the financial crisis.
“There’s warning, the government takes action, the action is ineffective and the problem persists,” Clark said.
“It’s time for new leadership,” said Clark, who referred to his time being stationed with the Army at Fort Carson near Colorado Springs.
“One thing I learned in the Army is, battles are won by the troops,” Clark told the thousands of Obama fans gathered. “You all are the foot soldiers in the campaign, and you can win it.”
