ON YESTERDAY, MAYOR ADRIAN FENTY, ALONG WITH OTHER CITY LEADERS, OPENED CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS FOR DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE BARACK OBAMA.
FENTY HELPED TO HYPE UP THE CROWD OF SEVERAL HUNDRED OBAMA SUPPORTERS BY ASKING "ARE WE FIRED UP?" AND LEADING CHANTS OF "OBAMA!" AT THE OPENING WAS ALSO COUNCIL MEMBERS, KWAME BROWN AND MURIEL BOWSER. THE NEW OFFICE IS LOCATED IN A ROW HOUSE ON FLORIDA AVENUE IN NW, WASHINGTON.
OBAMA IS EXPECTED TO OVERWHELMINGLY WIN D.C. IN NOVEMBER'S ELECTION. SUPPORTERS ALSO PLAN TO SPEND TIME CAMPAIGNING IN VIRGINIA. FENTY HAS BEEN A LONG TIME SUPPORTER OF OBAMA.
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS
