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Article: Flurry in New Hampshire: Growing excitement for Sen. Barack Obama could crowd out other Democrats with presidential aims.
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- The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD)
- Article date:
- December 11, 2006
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Byline: Paul West
Dec. 11--MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Politics-mad New Hampshire, jaded beyond reason by never-ending presidential campaigns, hadn't seen anything quite like this before. Democratic Sen. Barack Obama made his debut in the kickoff primary state to adoring responses yesterday from large crowds of voters seemingly convinced that they were witnessing the next big thing on the national scene. "I see him as very messianic," said Kelsey Woodward, a 64-year- old artist, at Obama's first stop, in Portsmouth. "People are craving a fresh voice, a fresh face, a fresh outlook." The 45-year-old Illinois senator, who is tapping into the public's desire for ...