The president stopped at Arcadia university this morning to make the case for encacting health care reform legislation now after 100 years of delay, and to encourage us to contact our lawmakers and stand up for health care reform in our daily interactions with friends, relatives, co-workers, and acquaintances.

Here's the full speech and below that, what it looked like from within the very supportive crowd. (Video by yours truly!) Listen for the surge in the cheering when he finally takes the stage. It was literally deafening. I'd prefer not to think that it was because we were finally going to hear him speak after having stood on a packed gym floor for over two hours. :^)

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