LAO was invited to (and subsequently trapped at) Barack Obama's first rally as a presidential candidate in Los Angeles. Before I escaped to upload this video, I caught up with a few of L.A.'s more familiar political faces and asked them for their Obama observations. Take a look:
Media roundup
Daniel Hernandez
Metroblogging LA
LAT
Political Muscle
AFP
NBC4
LAO video edited by Alex Gans and photographed by Thomas Macker