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RICH MILLER: Key paragraph to speech: "
I recognize there is a certain presumptuousness a certain audacity to this announcement. I know I haven't spent a lot of time learning the ways of Washington, but I have been there long enough to know that the ways of Washington must change.
* 9:42 AM - RICH MILLER: The Governor just released a statement. He said that he was pleased to join many Illinoisans on this historic occasion. At the end of his statement he urged the legislature to immediately send him a bill to move the Illinois primary up to Feb 5th 2008 that will give Illinois voters the opportunity to support Barack Obama.
* 9:08 AM - RICH MILLER: Advance copies of Obama speech are now out. From a glance the broad themes appear to be: unity, bipartisanship, and ending the war. The speech quotes Lincoln and talks about his own inexperience. It also mentions the great struggles that the country has been through together and how Obama would like to bring the nation together again.
* 9:00 AM - RICH MILLER: The crowds are growing larger but still not huge. There are tons of media. The governor's people have confirmed that he will be here for the program, but he will not be speaking.
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