Barack Obama visits Powder Springs

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Barack Obama visits Powder Springs

Photos: Presidential candidate Barack Obama holds a town-hall style meeting at McEachern High School in Powder Springs in Cobb County

Edith Page-Gude was among those attending presidential candidate Barack Obama's town hall meeting at McEachern High School in Powder Springs on Tuesday morning.

Sen. Barack Obama shakes hands with supporters at the town hall-style meeting in Powder Springs.

Cobb School Board member Betty Gray (front left) and Grant Rivera, prinicipal of South Cobb High School, wait in the packed gym before Barack Obama's arrival. They joined several others from the Cobb County School system attending the event.

Carlos and Kendra Munoz of Austell brought their children Calah, 4, and Chloe, 15 months, to the town hall meeting. Here, they look at cell phone photos Carlos has just taken.

Barack Obama speaks during the campaign event in Cobb County. He focused on the economy.

Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, greets supporters after a town hall-style meeting in Powder Springs.

Sen. Barack Obama speaks to the crowd in Cobb County.

Sen. Barack Obama pauses while speaking at a town hall meeting held in the gymnasium at McEachern High School in Cobb County.

Sen. Barack Obama answers a question posed by AJC reporter Aaron Gould Sheinin after a town hall meeting at McEachern High School.

Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, center, greets supporters.

A packed gymnasium awaits presidential candidate Barack Obama at McEachern High School in Powder Springs.

Sen. Barack Obama shields his eyes during a town hall-style meeting held Tuesday in Powder Springs.

A large sign furthers the message of change that Obama has successfully used to claim the Democratic nomination for president.

Sen. Barack Obama is interviewed by AJC reporter Aaron Gould Sheinin and AJC editorial page editor Cynthia Tucker.

Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, watches as he is introduced at a town hall-style meeting in Powder Springs.

Obama is framed by the stripes of the U.S. flag while answering questions posed by AJC staffers after his town hall meeting in Cobb County.

At McEachern High School, U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, the presumptive Democratic nominee for president listens to tearful comments by a woman identified only as "Gina" who recounted her efforts to climb back from bankruptcy and foreclosure.

Sen. Barack Obama acknowledges the crowd while speaking at a town hall forum in Cobb County.

A supporter cheers for Democratic presidential candidate at the meeting in Powder Springs.

Alisha Thomas Morgan (in red blouse at left), a Democrat and member of the Georgia Legislature representing Cobb County, joins others in listening to Obama speak.

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Edith Page-Gude was among those attending presidential candidate Barack Obama's town hall meeting at McEachern High School in Powder Springs on Tuesday morning.

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