FROM BARACK OBAMA'S WEBSITE AND NEWSLETTER:

According to Fire Inspector Garret Harrold, 15,000 folks crowded the streets of downtown Charlotte to see Barack speak this afternoon about the current economic situation. Another 10,000 watched from outside the perimiter. Barack addressed not just the current crisis itself, but the ideology that led to it.
The radical idea that government has no role to play in protecting ordinary Americans has wreaked havoc on our economy. And we cannot let this dangerous philosophy spread to health care.
What we’ve seen over the last few days is nothing less than the final verdict on this failed philosophy. And I am running for President of the United States because the dreams of the American people must not be endangered any more.
It is not any one person who is to blame for the nation's current woes, but rather a system that has gone astray. The change we need now is to get control of our financial system and bring sense and order after eight years of looking the other way.
By the look of the thousands of folks who watched in front of the Charlotte skyline on this perfect day, lots of people agree.
Here is a video from Barack's speech in Charlotte:
Arun Chaudhary
September 21st, 2008
En route to Chicago, IL