My wife and I went to the Detroit Public Library today for the Obama/Biden rally. We got there around 8:15am and stood continuously until about 3:30pm. The rally didn’t begin until 1:30pm, but getting there early allowed us to see stuff being set up, and also (and most importantly), getting a good spot to watch from. We were incredibly close to the stage, perhaps 15 feet away. My lovely wife took some excellent photos, some of which I’ve posted here. The rest of them can be found here.

[sidenote: I will say that the continuous standing in cramped crowded areas for over 7 hours has really worn us out. It was worth it to do it once, but I don’t think we’ll be going to any more political rallies anytime soon.]


Detroit’s new mayor spoke a bit


Joe Biden (who was very energetic and overall a very exciting speaker to watch)


Obama listening to Biden, waiting his turn (and looking sort of like he’s posing for our camera)


Obama himself got off to sort of a slow start, but ended up giving a good speech.