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Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama speaks to a group of people at American Airlines in Kansas City.
Sen. Barack Obama underlined the United States’ economic woes to a group of workers American Airlines may lay off at its overhaul base in Kansas City Tuesday.
A longtime Buchanan County Democrat and union leader, Bill Caldwell of American Airlines, said he hopes Mr. Obama’s speech will help put pressure on the company to keep most of its maintenance operations currently in Kansas City online.
Here are clips of the Democratic presidential hopeful’s address.
Also, catch video of Missouri Rep. Martin Rucker, D-St. Joseph, who was one of six audience members to take the microphone and ask Mr. Obama a question. Mr. Rucker asked the candidate from Illinois what he would do to help lower the costs of prescription drugs.
For more coverage of Mr. Obama’s visit to Missouri, see the following News-Press stories in Wednesday’s edition: 'Rebuilding America' and Rucker quizzes Obama on health care .
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I think McCain is almost too ready to be commander-in-chief. Of the two candidates, McCain seems the most likely to "shoot first and ask questions later". Obama seems more likely to listen and talk (to advisors and adversaries) first.
Posted by gopguy on September 2, 2008 at 2:28 p.m. (Suggest removal)Yes, because listening and talking with Iraq, Iran, and North Korea has worked so well in the past. Clinton failed at it, what makes you think Obama can succeed?
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