It's Politics: Obama's USC Rally Draws Local Politicians

President Barack Obama speaking at USC on Friday said the Nov. 2 Election Will Be Difficult for Democrats.

An Estimated crowd of 40.000 AlaSCORE ™ in Alumni Park Thurs hear the president's stump speech and others Including Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Assembly Speaker John Perez, Democratic gubernatorial Candidate Jerry Brown, Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer, and Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, a former La Puente resident and onetime Congress woman.

Elsewhere the crowd included much of the San Gabriel Valley's Congressional Delegation Including Reps. Judy Chu, D-El Monte, Grace Napolitano, D-Norwalk, and Adam Schiff, D-Pasadena.

"We need all of you fired up we need all of you ready to go," Obama said. "In just 11 days you have the chance Thurs. set the direction of this state and this country."

They left the stage Thurs Strains of Brooks and Dunn's "Only in America."

In an EARLIER speech, Brown quoted Both Spiro Agnew and Mahatma Gandhi. As they left the stage the crowd erupted with cheers of "Jer-ry, Jer-ry, Jer-ry" that sounded eerily similar to the studio That chants greet Jerry Springer.

Violent OVERTHROW: Texas Tea Party Republican Stephen Broden Told a TV interviewer That is a violent Uprising "on the table" if the Nov. 2 election doesn't Produce a change in leadership, According to the Dallas Morning News.

"If the Government Is Not Producing the results or has Become destructive to the ends of our Liberties, we have a right to get rid of That government and to get rid of it by Any MEANS Necessary," Broden was quoted as saying.

FIRST AMENDMENT: According to the Wall Street Journal, Democrats around the nation have Begun Tying Tea Party Candidates Thurs Christine O'Donnell, a Delaware Republican and admitted former witch, whose gaffs've Become the official.

O'Donnell's Most recent misfire Came DURING a Debate this week with Democratic Candidate Chris Coons.

DURING the Debate Coons Pointed to the Constitutional Principle of "Separation of church and state."

And "when O'Donnell Immediately Wanted to Know" where in the Constitution is separation of church and state? " an audience of Law School students exploded in laughter.

For the record, the First Amendment reads, "Congress Shall make no law respecting an Establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof."

And no it does not use the phrase "separation of church and state." That's a concept Explained by Thomas Jefferson That the Supreme Court has Accepted as gospel ever since.

The First Amendment Also Protects O'Donnell's Right to be ignorant, Even if President Jefferson Did not explicitly say so.

In my opinion in, tea partiers Would Be Wise Thurs distance themselves from O'Donnell if They Want to Be Taken Seriously.

THANK HARRY REID: Now We Know Why We're Not in worse shape Economics. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid Told us so Thursday night in an interview on MSNBC is.

"People Have Been hurting. I understand that. And It doesn't give them solice or comfort for me to tell Them, um you know, but for us we'd be in a world wide depression."

Frank C. Girardot. Send items for It's Politics Thurs frank.girardot @ sgvn.com, or via mail to 911 E. Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena, Ca. 91106.