WASHINGTON—Demand for tickets to see Oprah Winfrey appear with White House hopeful Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) in South Carolina on Sunday is so high that the campaign moved the event to an 80,250-seat football stadium.
The Obama team and is doing away with tickets because of the strong demand and switching the event to the Williams-Brice Stadium, the home to the University of South Carolina Gamecocks. This was the biggest venue the campaign could find in Columbia.
Obama spokesman Ben LaBolt said, “We don’t expect to fill the stadium, but we want to accommodate the thousands of South Carolinians who expressed interest in attending.”
Sweet extra: Clinton lead dropping in NH.
WASHINGTON--The latestDemocratic poll from New Hampshire by ABC News and the Washington Post.
Hillary Clinton 35%,
Barack Obama 29%
John Edwards 17%
Bill Richardson 10%
Dennis Kucinich 3%
Joe Biden 2%
Chris Dodd 1%
Poll: Clinton Has Single Digit Lead Over Obama in N.H. LINK
Winfrey, with Barack and Michelle Obama start a two-day campaign swing in Iowa on Saturday with events in Des Moines and Cedar Rapids. After the South Carolina rally, Winfrey et al head to Manchester, New Hampshire. The Des Moines and Manchester halls have capacities to seat thousands.
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