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Big Crowd For Obama In District
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"Lots of people were skipping class, and most of the government classes were canceled today," said Nicole Bazik, 20, an AU sophomore in Graydon who had rushed over from her child psychology class after her professor ended the day early because so few students were present.
The Secret Service set up another rally site at an outdoor amphitheater, where Kennedy and Obama treated the frozen faithful to a small second rally all their own.
"My daughter is in school in South Carolina, and she just voted for him, so I took a serious look," said Jeanne Fitzpatrick, 57, of the District, who was among those outside. She recently changed the political signs in her yard. "I had been a Hillary supporter until the past few weeks," she said.
Kennedy sympathized with those in the shivering crowd, describing his childhood as the youngest of nine.
"Whenever we had a crowd, I was always put on the outside," Kennedy said. "So, I love you. When we have Barack Obama as president, everyone will be on the inside."
Staff writer Petula Dvorak contributed to this report.
