Obama Addresses Students

From AP:

"It was a student rally typical for a winning basketball team. This time, though, they came to see Democratic Sen. Barack Obama.

Hundreds of students filled a building atrium at George Mason University Friday at a "Yes We Can!" rally, turning out to hear from the man many want to be their next president.

"I'm fired up! This is unbelievable," the Illinois Democrat said, gazing at students who even lined the railings in the upper floors.

Some were exuberant, squealing and shouting, "I love you."

"Settle down, you all. Settle down, Settle down," Obama said. "You're too fired up."

During his speech, the freshman senator introduced himself as a politician who never planned to be one and a man born in Hawaii and raised by a single mom.

The only black in the Senate, Obama recalled how his father was a native of Kenya, how he himself had been active in the U.S. in opposing apartheid in South Africa and how he was a $13,000-a-year community organizer in Chicago.

He might have found some recruits to work on his campaign.

"This crowd is not about me. it's about you," he said. "I've been a receptacle for your hopes and dreams."

Some of the students said Obama set the right tone.

Law student Ryan Woodberry, who described himself as an undecided Democrat, said he found Obama's talk uplifting.

"I think it'll probably move a lot of people to act," he predicted.

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