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Obama picks McCormick Place for election night rally
By Rick Pearson
Tribune reporter
7:14 AM CDT, October 18, 2012
President Barack Obama plans to hold his election-night rally at Chicago’s McCormick Place convention center, a move aimed at easing concerns over weather and security, sources with knowledge of the event said Wednesday.
Given the indoor location, the event seems unlikely to match the electric atmosphere of Obama’s 2008 outdoor victory rally in Grant Park. That event drew an estimated 240,000 people downtown and created picturesque images of the city’s skyline that were seen worldwide.
While the decision to use McCormick Place will tamp down the crowd size, it will provide the president with greater security.
While the decision to use McCormick Place will tamp down the crowd size, it will provide the president with greater security.
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Why the worry over security now? Was there not a reason to worry about security when he was partying in Grant Park?
Seems fishy to me.