KIT DOYLE ~ kdoyle@semissourian.com
Presidential hopeful Barack Obama spoke to attendees at a private town hall meeting Tuesday evening, May 13, 2008, at Thorngate Ltd. in Cape Girardeau. Obama addressed issues ranging from healthcare to the Iraq War to economic concerns.
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Barack Obama speaks with supporters during a town hall meeting at the Thorngate factory.
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Barack Obama speaks with supporters during a town hall meeting at the Thorngate factory.
KIT DOYLE ~ kdoyle@semissourian.com
Barack Obama met attendees after a town hall meeting held at Thorngate Ltd. Tuesday, May 13, 2008, in Cape Girardeau.
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Spectators get a vantage point anyway the can, standing and sitting on tables and machinery.
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Senator Barack Obama speaks with members of the media as he makes his way out after a town hall meeting at the Thorngate factory.
KIT DOYLE ~ kdoyle@semissourian.com
Barack Obama spoke at a town hall meeting held at Thorngate Ltd. Tuesday, May 13, 2008, in Cape Girardeau.
KIT DOYLE ~ kdoyle@semissourian.com
Barack Obama spoke at a town hall meeting held at Thorngate Ltd. Tuesday, May 13, 2008, in Cape Girardeau.
AARON EISENHAUER ~ aeisenhauer@semissourian.com
Senator Barack Obama shakes hands with supporters at the end of a town hall meeting at the Thorngate factory on Tuesday, May 12, 2008 in Cape.
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Barack Obama speaks with supporters during a town hall meeting at the Thorngate factory.
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Barack Obama speaks with supporters during a town hall meeting at the Thorngate factory.
KIT DOYLE ~ kdoyle@semissourian.com
Barack Obama said that he still has work to do to secure the Democratic Party nomination for presidential candidate Tuesday, May 13, 2008, while speaking during a town hall meeting at Thorngate Ltd. in Cape Girardeau.
KIT DOYLE ~ kdoyle@semissourian.com
Barack Obama signed items after a town hall meeting held at Thorngate Ltd. Tuesday, May 13, 2008, in Cape Girardeau.
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Barack Obama leaves the Thorngate factory following a town hall meeting.
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Folding chairs awaited Barack Obama's appearance at Thorngate Ltd on Tuesday, May 13, 2008, in Cape Giradeau.
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Barack Obama supporters looked at pin options outside of Thorngate Ltd. before a town hall meeting Tuesday, May 13, 2008, in Cape Girardeau .
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Sen. Claire McCaskill introduced presidential hopefuly Sen. Barack Obama at a town hall meeting held at Thorngate Ltd. Tuesday, May 13, 2008, in Cape Girardeau.
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Senator Barack Obama listens to a question from Aleshia Glastetter, a fourth grader from Blanchard Elementary School.
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Barack Obama speaks with supporters during a town hall meeting at the Thorngate factory.
KIT DOYLE ~ kdoyle@semissourian.com
Barack Obama spoke at a town hall meeting held at Thorngate Ltd. Tuesday, May 13, 2008, in Cape Girardeau.
AARON EISENHAUER ~ aeisenhauer@semissourian.com
Dy Swan shows her support for Obama with a sticker on her cheek, as do fellow supporters Michaela Saffold and Terrell Hunt.
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