Obama HQ opening draws 700
The Charlotte Observer | March 29, 2008
By Jim Morrill
State Sen. Malcolm Graham thought he had an idea of what to expect when he helped open Democrat Barack Obama's Charlotte headquarters Thursday night.
"I went there expecting 50, 60, 70 people," he says. "And 700 showed up."
Lines wrapped around the headquarters on Elizabeth Avenue in the Elizabeth neighborhood as people broke into groups devoted to voter registration and other areas.
Getting 700 people to any political event, let alone a headquarters opening, is unusual, to say the least.
"I've never seen a grassroots movement take hold like that," Graham says. "It was just amazing to sit back and watch."
