A fire broke out in a stable on Angle street in the north end of Fort Worth. People at the scene said none of the livestock were hurt and there were no deaths.
Anyone who showed up early to presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton’s campaign stop Saturday probably saw a plume of black smoke on the horizon to the northwest.
A stable caught on fire about a mile away from the Stockyards where the Clinton rally was being held. The property owner got the animals out safely and the Fort Worth Fire Department had the fire knocked down in less than 20 minutes.
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Presidential hopeful and Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee blew through the Stockyards for a brief media question-and-answer session today, drawing a crowd of about 300. The candidate arrived early and was rushed out just in time to allow the cattle drive to make its way through.
According to campaign staffers, though, the governor will be back in Dallas to watch the Texas primary results come in Tuesday and will likely make another campaign stop sometime before then in North Texas.
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Watch for these TCU students as you see news coverage come out of the Obama rally in Fort Worth on Friday. Some students from a TCU group that traveled to the event were right behind the stage in a prime spot to get their mugs on TV.
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I’ve seen bands ranging from Tool, to Jars of Clay, to Hootie and the Blowfish in concert.
I’ve been to a World Series game, but never before have I seen this type of celebrity status and celebration for a member of congress. It is understood he is one of the last men… err persons… in the road to Washington, but never would I have imagined hearing chants of “Yes we can” and “Si se puede” eight months before the real election day.
Earlier this week former president Bill Clinton came through Fort Worth. To be honest, he was more of a traveling sideshow than the former leader of the free world.
If a numbers comparison is needed, Obama’s rally in Dallas drew about 17,000 people. The indoor stadium capacity of the convention center is 10,500. There are 10,000 overflow spots available to watch the junior senator speak away from the hall.
For a fun juxtaposition, by midway through the 2007 season the Texas Rangers were averaging only 29,000 fans per game. As the season progressed the numbers continually dropped, it seems to be different for Obama.
They are young. Perhaps it is the growing trend in politics. Start them young and get them to the polls early.
It isn’t just a white aristocratic thing to do anymore.
Voting is for everyone. It is a right. It is a privilege. It is the 26th Amendment.
When the music from James Brown to Bruce Springsteen echoed through the Fort Worth Convention Center, there was an attitude of change.
There were more than just the AARP coming out to see a congressman speak.
It was black, white, Hispanic, Asian, old, young, rich and poor standing in wait.
Nobody was turned away from the man who professes he is a “change we can believe in.”
From the press row, the arena looks more and more crowded. There are more people in here than have ever shown up for a Fort Worth Brahmas hockey game and more were here than were ever in attendance for the Fort Worth Flyers basketball team.
Families are gathered together to see someone who they trust can change the nation. He already changed the face of politics, the next thing is to see if he can change the face of the White House and eventually the Face of a Nation.
The lines seem to be moving faster than in Dallas last week. In fact, the Convention Center looks to be at about 90 percent capacity already and the doors have been open less than an hour.
There’s already quite a bit of purple here — as both organizers and attendees.
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From the respective campaign press offices:
Obama
When: 8 p.m. Thursday; doors open at 6 p.m. Thursday
Where: Fort Worth Convention Center
1201 Houston St.
Fort Worth, TX 76102
Huckabee
When: 4 p.m Friday
Where: Stockyards
Clinton
When: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday
Where: Stockyards
130 E. Exchange Ave
Fort Worth, TX 76164
Results of a recent CNN poll reveal the opinion of Texas voters about the presidential frontrunners and the issues.
The poll interviewed 2,149 adults including 751 voters who say they are likely to vote in the Texas Republican presidential primary and 861 who say they are likely to vote in the Texas Democratic presidential primary.
When asked which candidate voters would support for the Republican nomination for president, 56 percent of likely Republican voters said they would vote for Arizona Sen. John McCain, while 36 percent said they would vote for Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee. Nine percent support Ron Paul and four percent had no opinion.
On the Democratic side, 50 percent of likely voters support Illinois Sen. Barack Obama for the Democratic nomination for president and 46 percent support New York Sen. Hillary Clinton. The polls reveal four percent had no opinion.
The poll also includes public opinion on issues such as health care, the economy, illegal immigration and the war in Iraq. Both democratic candidates are basically tied in this part of the poll.
CNN conducted the survey by phone and the margin of sampling error is plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.
According to a news release, there’s a “Stand for Change Rally” for Barack Obama at the Fort Worth Convention Center at 8 p.m. Thursday. Doors open at 6 p.m. The campaign is encouraging everyone to RSVP on Obama’s Web site. Space is available on a first-come, first-serve basis; the campaign discourages signs and personal items for security reasons, according to the release.
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