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...know him from MTV," says Laura Hernandez, president of the University Democrats of UT Austin, as she introduces the former President. "We know him from playing his saxophone on Arsenio. He is the first rock star President of this country." Certainly Clinton is greeted like a rock star by the mostly student crowd as he moves down the ramp from Main Hall to a podium on the mall in the heart of the campus. Flash bulbs go off, camera phones are lifted high and U2 blasts over the speakers...
...days before Clinton arrived for this rally, there was another one just down the hill from UT in front of the Texas Capitol: Barack Obama's. And there, hundreds of placards emblazoned "Change We Can Believe In" popped up from a crowd estimated between 15,000 and 20,000. Obama spun his magic in an hourlong speech that was lacking the wonkish details about nuclear proliferation and educational testing offered by Bill Clinton. The crowd was enthralled if not inspired...
...debate will be held in the gym of the Recreational Sports Center on the UT campus, one of the university's smaller venues, which seats only between 1,000 and 3,000, according to CNN. By contrast, in September of 2006 Senator Clinton delivered a moving eulogy at Gov. Ann Richards memorial service in the nearby UT Erwin Center, which holds up to 17,000. A spokesman for CNN said the smaller gym offers a more intimate setting that is suitable for television...
...UT officials have tried to tamp down the fire by saying many students will be in the debate audience and a campus drawing for tickets is being organized. Late on Wednesday, the Texas Democratic Party announced it was freeing up 100 tickets for the "public" that would available through a website drawing. The total number of tickets available to the party has not been finalized, according to state party spokesman Hector Nieto, but there are no plans to increase the number of tickets in the public drawing. Winning tickets are non-transferable and will be split between Clinton and Obama...
...Mitt Romney [AK, CO, MA, MN, MT, ND, UT] failed to impress almost anyone, with wins in Massachusetts, Utah and a few other places he could not have conceivably lost. He vowed to stay in the race, but with Huckabee continuing to pull conservatives out of his column, the businessman may soon have to reevaluate his investment...