At a rally today in sunny Portland, Barack Obama spoke to some 75,000 people, according to the campaign. The mammoth crowd stood on Waterfront Park in downtown Portland adjacent to the scenic Willamette River. People even came by boat and kayak to catch a glimpse of the likely Democratic nominee.

“Hello Portland! Wow. Wow. Wow,” he said as the crowd chanted “Obama!” Looking out at the seemingly never ending crowd, he said, “We have had a lot of rallies around the country. I think it is fair to say that this is the most spectacular setting for the most spectacular crowd that we have had in this entire campaign. This is unbelievable.” He added, “It doesn’t hurt that it’s a perfect day.”

Previously, Obama’s biggest crowd was the night before the Pennsylvania primary, when the candidate spoke to 35,000 on Independence Mall in Philadelphia. While he ended up losing that contest, Obama’s expected to win big here in Oregon on Tuesday.

Check out the size of the crowd here.

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OK, aside from the fact that they both happen to be running for President of the United States of America…
A: Even though the two disagree on the major issues and how to achieve solutions to America’s problems, they both agree on one thing - that there isn’t a lot of room between Hillary Clinton’s views and those of John McCain.

Just after Romney described McCain as “indistinguishable” from Clinton at a rally in Illinois, Obama asked a crowd of 20,000 Delawareans, “If John McCain is the nominee, then the Democratic Party has to ask itself, ‘Do you want a candidate who has similar policies to John McCain on the war in Iraq, or somebody who can offer a stark contrast?’

Obama continued, “When I’m the nominee, John McCain won’t be able to say that you were for this war in Iraq because I wasn’t. He won’t be able to say that I followed the Bush/Cheney doctrine in not talking to leaders we don’t like because I don’t. He won’t be able to say that I went along and gave George Bush the benefit of the doubt on Iran because I haven’t. He won’t be able to say that I was unclear about my position on torture because I’ve been absolutely clear we never torture in this country. I can offer a clear and clean break from the failed policies of George W. Bush. I won’t have to explain my votes in the past. The same is true on domestic policy.”

“We don’t need to have a Democratic nominee who is not clear about the kind of fight that we’re going into,” he said at the Wilmington rally.

But the ‘enemy of my enemy is my friend’ saying isn’t exactly true here. Romney also accused McCain of being “indistinguishable” from Obama - something with which the senator from Illinois would surely disagree.