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Obama making rounds in Seattle

SEATTLE -- president Obama's motorcade arrived in downtown about 2 pm where crowds lined the blocked off streets to snap photos and gay rights activists waved supporting signs.

Inside the paramount Theater a crowd that paid $1000 per ticket was being treated to music from dave Matthews and warmup Political speeches from local democrats like patty Murray while about 20 reporters and photographers waited downstairs near the restrooms for Obama's entrance.



Jim Camden
Jim Camden joined The Spokesman-Review in 1981 and retired in 2021. He is currently the political and state government correspondent covering Washington state.

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