This was the scene that greeted the Obama motorcade Saturday night when we pulled up in Fredericksburg.

 

But the crowd on the University of Mary Washington campus - pegged at 26,000 - braved several downpours as Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. Joe Biden were late for their rally. (The North Carolina rally earlier got started late.)

 

The crowd didn't seem to mind, and they stayed through more rain that left Obama drenched by the...