First things first...Obama speech was in front of 10's of thousands people while Hillary got a much smaller crowd the next day.As you know very well,the smaller the crowd,the better control you have over it,and partisans could easily make it sound like the crowd were going crazy over her speech since people that came to hear Hillary were probably supporters,not undecided voters....People that attended the earlier event on opening night where Obama spoke, wanted to see their rap/RnB artist perform and are not big on politics and were less likely to be Brack Obama supporters....

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article /304481/barack_obama_galvanized_music_lo vers.html

Over 10,000 music lovers who attended this year Essence Music in N.O were called upon by Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama to join him in changing the course of America history by actively participate in confronting the neglect that brought about by Huricane Katrina

The crowd was huge and most of those folks came to see their favorite artists perform and were probably unaware that a politician had been scheduled to speak during the event.....A lot of those folks aren't really politic junkies like folks on the blogs, so it's understandable why they didn't go GAGA-Crazy over the stuff Obama was talking about, but the majority of them were cheering and applauding, glad that a black man had a strong shot at the White House.

Reminding the crowd Thursday night,the outstanding presidential candidate loved by young and old across the country,pointed out that before the disgraceful events of Katrina,the people of the area were in dire straits,despair and destitution as a result of decades of neglect by government

He received a warm welcome by thousands of music lovers who graced the august occasion.Spectators poured thunderous praises on the presidential candidate for partaking and addressing the issues that is confronting African Americans

Sounds like there were a lot of excitement among those 10,000 people...Did they all go crazy??...Probably not, but i doubt Hillary would have gotten something much better by speaking in front of this crowd...Obama probably caught their attention because he's black and is running for president hoping to make history by being the first black man to make it into the White House..Those who attented the event aren't the Maxine Waters,Kilpatrick and the other CBC elitists of the world which owes the Clintons a lot...Remember,those folks probably never heard of Barack Obama before and aren't big on politics.

Hillary speech were attended by more political active people..The elitists.

Amazingly,even at an occassion where most politicians may want to pander to audience,one of the attendees pointed out to me that he was impressed by the senator's stand and authenticity in confronting them with what he described as "the red truth of our situation"

This guy could have not said it any better....Obama does not pander, but he's still able to gain the trust of the people,specially African American.....He's not the type of candidate that would tell you she could give you the moon in exchange for your votes,then once she wins,never deliver the moon that she promised.

African Americans aren't stupid..They know that things have to go through a process and you have to work in a bi-partisan manner....Hillary tries to make black voters believe that somehow, she's the only one that could get through congress pro-AA reforms, but the reality is that her chances of enacting reforms that benefits AA are the same as not only Obama,but every other democrats running for president....Who's the democrat that won't push those agendas??...Do you really think that Hillary has a better shot at passing those reforms??..The answer is no...If Hillary doesnt have enough democrats in the house/senate, and more importantly, if she murders our downticket in 08, she wont be able to do anything anyway.

I've seen dozens of politician pander to the Black votes just like Hillary is currently doing every time we get close to election and i hope the majority of black voters can see through these nasty pandering moves....I know they will.

Several Obama supporters in the area volunteered during the festival to distribute campaign literatures,grip cards,bumper sticks and other campaign gears to participants.
I was told by the supporters that Obama for america are not aware of their activities at the event-a clear symbol that the grassroots organization by Mr.Obama is actually not computerized based group like it was during Dean's campaign in 2004

The last line is very important because it clearly suggest that Obama has a shadowy large grassroots that operates in the background with zero control from the Obama camp.

My sources are telling me they were at the festival in force and Obama bumper sticks and other stuff were flying off their hands...I'm also hearing they got quite a few folks to sign up and support Obama...Edwards and Hillary supporters were invisible.

Here's some clips from volunteers and supporters who attended the event:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHVN-13dj vY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgiDWeAJa 0g

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgVmEn48e fo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHyVoESmU Wo

Tried to embed but this website won't let me.