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To: coug who wrote (119058)	11/8/2007 1:56:19 AM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 361719

Obama says he is 'impatient' for change weblogs.baltimoresun.com BURLINGTON, Iowa – With the temperatures dropping and the Iowa caucuses now less than two months way, there is a greater sense of urgency on the campaign trail with Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama. "As you can tell, it's starting to get a little chilly," the Illinois Democrat told several hundred seated in an unheated shelter along the banks of the Mississippi River early Wednesday evening. "It's getting close to caucus time." With his back to the state he represents across the river, Obama sold his lack of experience in Washington as a reason why voters should support him. "You need somebody who is impatient," he said. Then, a baby in the audience cried. "Yes," Obama responded. "We can't wait to bring about change," he said. "I don't know about you, but I don’t accept that the wealthiest nation on Earth still has 47 million people uninsured and millions more who are in financial straits because of health insurance." Obama also responded to a comment made earlier this week by former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards, who suggested Obama lacked the fight to take on special interests. "You can have confidence that I know how to fight and win," he said. Those who question his experience, Obama said, are often talking in code for something else. "They want me to stew in Washington a little longer. They can boil all the hope out of me," he said. "Longevity says nothing about your judgment, says nothing about your character." The stop here was the first of two mostly unheated events Wednesday where Obama had to provide the bulk of the heat with his rhetoric. At a later stop in Fort Madison, in the far corner of southeast Iowa, propane heaters helped warm a pavilion on a rodeo fairgrounds. "I'm impatient for change," he said in Fort Madison. "We need it now." Posted by John McCormick on November 7, 2007 9:14 PM \|