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Crowd at Edwards event turned away due to lack of space
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. – So many people turned out to see former North Carolina Senator John Edwards kickoff his presidential race in New Hampshire today that the Portsmouth fire marshal had to turn some 200 away.
About 1,000 people showed up to see Edwards at the Little Harbor Elementary School in Portsmouth. Some 200 were told there wasn’t enough room in the school’s gymnasium, so Edwards addressed a potion of them outside in an impromptu event in the brisk December wind.
Asked afterward how he would be able to compete with well-known names such as Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, Edwards replied, "Did you see these crowds?”
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