Palestra rally ends Clinton's Pa. push

New York Sen. Hillary Clinton came to the Palestra last night to campaign the day before the Pennsylvania primary.

The chants at Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's rally at the Palestra last night were not all that different from those at Barack Obama's Philadelphia rally last Friday.

But instead of saying "Yes We Can," the crowd in the stands cheered, "Yes She Can."

The cheer is symbolic of the way many Americans - and many Penn students - feel about Clinton.

"We all want change in Washington, but the change I want is results," said Penn for Hillary spokeswoman and former DP Spin editor Julie Siegel. "Her ability to make the same great plans and have the same great ideas and really dream big, but then figure out how to get from point A to point B . is really what brought it home for me, and what will bring it home for Penn students."

This rally in the Palestra came the night before today's influential Pennsylvania primary. The rally was Clinton's last stop before the polls open today at 7 a.m.

About 8,000 people attended the rally, according to the Clinton campaign.

Clinton was joined on stage by former President Bill Clinton, former first daughter Chelsea Clinton, Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell and Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, among others.

The most recent polls show Clinton ahead of Illinois Sen. Barack Obama by 5.9 percentage points in the state, according to RealClearPolitics averages.

Before Clinton arrived, she was introduced by her husband.

He spoke about how Hillary would be a better president than he was.

"I believe if you elect her . if we do the things we ought to do, I think we will have more prosperity than we did when I was there," Bill Clinton said.

But he also joked with audience members.

"I am about to commit candor, which is a dangerous thing for a politician," he said, to laughs from the audience. "My job is to talk until Hillary gets here."

However, Bill Clinton assured the audience that his wife would arrive soon, and several minutes later, Hillary Clinton walked onto the stage.

"Hello, Penn and hello, Philadelphia!" she said. The cheers from the audience were almost deafening as the Palestra turned into a sea of Hillary posters.

After thanking the people who introduced her, Clinton addressed the historic nature of this year's primaries.

"This is a turning-point election in the history of our country," she said.

She said America needs a president with experience in order to reverse the policies of the Bush administration.

"If there were ever any doubt about what difference a president makes, the last seven years have erased that doubt completely from America's political scene," she said. "The wealthy and well-connected have had their president, and now it's time for a president for everybody else again."

Clinton then addressed several key campaign issues including clean energy, universal health care, education and the war in Iraq.

Despite the challenges, Clinton expressed optimism about solving America's problems.

"There's only so much a president can do, but there's nothing the American people can't do," she said.

Students at the rally said they were impressed by the event, and they said the "Obamamania" among youth wouldn't overpower Clinton's influence in Pennsylvania.

"I think people are going to be very surprised," said Wharton junior Bo Finneman, a member of Penn for Hillary. "People can't count [Clinton] out."

Comments (14)

There is bad news about Clinton. It is opined that Bill Clinton committed racist hate crimes, and I am not free to say anything further about it. Respectfully Submitted by Andrew Y. Wang, J.D. Candidate B.S., Summa Cum Laude, 1996 Messiah College, Grantham, PA Lower Merion High School, Ardmore, PA, 1993 (I can type 90 words per minute, and there are probably thousands of copies on the Internet indicating the content of this post. Moreover, there are innumerable copies in very many countries around the world.) _________________ �?If only it were possible to ban invention that bottled up memories so they never got stale and faded.�? Off the top of my head�?it came from my Lower Merion High School yearbook.

GREAT JOB of covering this event. I would love to see more of this type of coverage from the DP.

As I said in my comment re the Palestra video: great job, Penn students. You're the best!

What a wonderful evening inside and outside of the Palestra...wonderful people in line...young, old, male, female, black and white. Such an exciting event to be in support of an intelligent woman for president... an historical moment, to participate in support of Hillary Clinton for President. The event was meaningful..the people in line were so smart and interesing and kind. No Obama bashing or that sort of thing...they were so pleasant...and in support of Hillary. It was great---and a huge crowd--8-10,000. Amazing spirit at the event.

MY FELLOW �?BITTER�?, STUPID, WORKING CLASS PEOPLE :-) If you think like Barack Obama, that WORKING CLASS PEOPLE are just a bunch of �?BITTER�?!, STUPID, PEASANTS, Cash COWS!, and CANNON FODDER. :-( You Might Be An Idiot! :-) If you think Barack Obama with little or no experience would be better than Hillary Clinton with 35 years experience. You Might Be An Idiot! :-) If you think that Obama with no experience can fix an economy on the verge of collapse better than Hillary Clinton. Whose ;-) husband (Bill Clinton) led the greatest economic expansion, and prosperity in American history. You Might Be An Idiot! :-) If you think that Obama with no experience fighting for universal health care can get it for you better than Hillary Clinton. Who anticipated this current health care crisis back in 1993, and fought a pitched battle against overwhelming odds to get universal health care for all the American people. You Might Be An Idiot! :-) If you think that Obama with no experience can manage, and get us out of two wars better than Hillary Clinton. Whose ;-) husband (Bill Clinton) went to war only when he was convinced that he absolutely had to. Then completed the mission in record time against a nuclear power. AND DID NOT LOSE THE LIFE OF A SINGLE AMERICAN SOLDIER. NOT ONE! You Might Be An Idiot! :-) If you think that Obama with no experience saving the environment is better than Hillary Clinton. Whose ;-) husband (Bill Clinton) left office with the greatest amount of environmental cleanup, and protections in American history. You Might Be An Idiot! :-) If you think that Obama with little or no education experience is better than Hillary Clinton. Whose ;-) husband (Bill Clinton) made higher education affordable for every American. And created higher job demand and starting salary�?s than they had ever been before or since. You Might Be An Idiot! :-) If you think that Obama with no experience will be better than Hillary Clinton who spent 8 years at the right hand of President Bill Clinton. Who is already on record as one of the greatest Presidents in American history. You Might Be An Idiot! :-) If you think that you can change the way Washington works with pretty speeches from Obama, rather than with the experience, and political expertise of two master politicians ON YOUR SIDE like Hillary and Bill Clinton.. You Might Be An Idiot! :-) If you think all those Republicans voting for Obama in the Democratic primaries, and caucuses are doing so because they think he is a stronger Democratic candidate than Hillary Clinton. :-) Best regards jacksmith... Working Class :-) p.s. You Might Be An Idiot! :-) If you don't know that the huge amounts of money funding the Obama campaign to try and defeat Hillary Clinton is coming in from the insurance, and medical industry, that has been ripping you off, and killing you and your children. And denying you, and your loved ones the life saving medical care you needed. All just so they can make more huge immoral profits for them-selves off of your suffering... You see, back in 1993 Hillary Clinton had the audacity, and nerve to try and get quality, affordable universal health care for everyone to prevent the suffering and needless deaths of hundreds of thousands of you each year. :-) Approx. 100,000 of you die each year from medical accidents from a rush to profit by the insurance, and medical industry. Another 120,000 of you die each year from treatable illness that people in other developed countries don�?t die from. And I could go on, and on...

The "others" in attendance were Congresswoman Allyson Schwartz and Congressman Joe Sestak, both from Pennsylvania, Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones of Ohio and Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas, both very influential members of the Congressional Black Caucus.

You just might be a foaming at the mouth Hillary zombie! [QUOTE id="a481ecda-97aa-4405-b45c-2fb7d65b02dc"]MY FELLOW �?BITTER�?, STUPID, WORKING CLASS PEOPLE :-) If you think like Barack Obama, that WORKING CLASS PEOPLE are just a bunch of �?BITTER�?!, STUPID, PEASANTS, Cash COWS!, and CANNON FODDER. :-( You Might Be An Idiot! :-) If you think Barack Obama with little or no experience would be better than Hillary Clinton with 35 years experience. You Might Be An Idiot! :-) If you think that Obama with no experience can fix an economy on the verge of collapse better than Hillary Clinton. Whose ;-) husband (Bill Clinton) led the greatest economic expansion, and prosperity in American history. You Might Be An Idiot! :-) If you think that Obama with no experience fighting for universal health care can get it for you better than Hillary Clinton. Who anticipated this current health care crisis back in 1993, and fought a pitched battle against overwhelming odds to get universal health care for all the American people. You Might Be An Idiot! :-) If you think that Obama with no experience can manage, and get us out of two wars better than Hillary Clinton. Whose ;-) husband (Bill Clinton) went to war only when he was convinced that he absolutely had to. Then completed the mission in record time against a nuclear power. AND DID NOT LOSE THE LIFE OF A SINGLE AMERICAN SOLDIER. NOT ONE! You Might Be An Idiot! :-) If you think that Obama with no experience saving the environment is better than Hillary Clinton. Whose ;-) husband (Bill Clinton) left office with the greatest amount of environmental cleanup, and protections in American history. You Might Be An Idiot! :-) If you think that Obama with little or no education experience is better than Hillary Clinton. Whose ;-) husband (Bill Clinton) made higher education affordable for every American. And created higher job demand and starting salary�?s than they had ever been before or since. You Might Be An Idiot! :-) If you think that Obama with no experience will be better than Hillary Clinton who spent 8 years at the right hand of President Bill Clinton. Who is already on record as one of the greatest Presidents in American history. You Might Be An Idiot! :-) If you think that you can change the way Washington works with pretty speeches from Obama, rather than with the experience, and political expertise of two master politicians ON YOUR SIDE like Hillary and Bill Clinton.. You Might Be An Idiot! :-) If you think all those Republicans voting for Obama in the Democratic primaries, and caucuses are doing so because they think he is a stronger Democratic candidate than Hillary Clinton. :-) Best regards jacksmith... Working Class :-) p.s. You Might Be An Idiot! :-) If you don't know that the huge amounts of money funding the Obama campaign to try and defeat Hillary Clinton is coming in from the insurance, and medical industry, that has been ripping you off, and killing you and your children. And denying you, and your loved ones the life saving medical care you needed. All just so they can make more huge immoral profits for them-selves off of your suffering... You see, back in 1993 Hillary Clinton had the audacity, and nerve to try and get quality, affordable universal health care for everyone to prevent the suffering and needless deaths of hundreds of thousands of you each year. :-) Approx. 100,000 of you die each year from medical accidents from a rush to profit by the insurance, and medical industry. Another 120,000 of you die each year from treatable illness that people in other developed countries don�?t die from. And I could go on, and on...[/QUOTE]

Pennsylvania, We count on you. All the eyes of the world is upon you. You have been exposed to unusual amount of politics. That's because it is very important. May God give you courage and help you do the right thing. Your vote is at least as important as Hilary Clinton's war vote back in 2002. I watched her make wrong choice with an utter disbelief! Republicans, democrats or independents, many people watched her vote because, as she often claims, she experienced 8 years of Clinton administration with Bill. Every one wanted to see what choice Hilary makes. She knew it was a wrong war and against it. But, in the end, she pandered to the popular view. I noticed tears in my face. Her vote was very important because of her perceived importance and experience in Clinton White House. To date, more than 4,000 people died. Please do not give any more chance to perceived experience of her. It did not work. She, in fact, took a leadership in the biggest blundar in US foreign policy in years with Bush and his people. It takes a leap of faith to select any candidate. After 4,000 death, I wonder what makes Clinton more "safe" as a candidate than Barack. Pennsylvania, please. I don't care what color you are, what job you have. Be American and choose Barack.

Can you please remove the picture of this cunt from the main webpage of the DP? It's absolutely disgusting, don't force your reader to see this "person" when they visit your webpage. Thanks.

I wish I were still in Philly. I'm just amazed by the show of enthusiasm in the video of Clinton's rallies at the Palestra and 34th & Walnut. I was on campus for the 2000 and 2004 elections when nobody gave a damn. Of course, the presidential candidates weren't nearly as inspiring as these two, and the PA primaries were all but irrelevant. Pennsylvanians: Vote Clinton 2008 (Obama 2016)!

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