The Missouri Homefront hit the streeets for the nation’s largest ever rally for a presidential candidate ever last Saturday in Saint Louis Missouri where 100,000 people gathered under the Gateway Arch to hear Barack Obama speak along with Missouri State Democratic candidates and officials. We took to downtown Saint Louis on bicycles to avoid the crush of people filling the riverfront but still found access rather difficult.  After failing to negotiate the media access with ramped up and heightened security we jumped into the area just south of the arch where the official security did not forbid the bags in which held the cameras. 

The crowd was a diverse mixture of young and old Missourians, all looking upbeat and excited about the possibility of Barack Obama becoming our nation’s next President.  We spoke with  Saint Louisan Seth Porter who will be voting for the first time in Missouri this November for Barack Obama.  Porter explains why he is voting and how it feels on the ground in Missouri.