1.0 link 76018 <![CDATA[The Obama/Oprah Effect? A Record-Breaking Crowd in South Carolina]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/linda-hansen/the-obamaoprah-effect-a-r_b_76018.html The skies over Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia are a clear Carolina blue, the temperature a balmy 70 degrees. More than 29,000 Southerners have come together to hear Michelle Obama, Oprah Winfrey and presidential hopeful Barack Obama speak to the need for a climate of change to spread from the White House to a nation desperate for a new beginning. It is the largest crowd ever assembled for any candidate, we are told. Here. In South Carolina. The crowd loves it.

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