Barack Obama and his runningmate Joe Biden visited Pennsylvania today, their first stop after the Democratic National Convention in Denver.

They campaigned in the western section of the state, visiting the Pennsylvania Biodiesel plant in Monaca (subject of an earlier post) and then stopping for ice cream at the Windmill Ice Cream Shop in Aliquippa.Barack had butter pecan and Joe had a heaping helping of both chocolate and vanilla.

I ran for vice president just so I could get ice cream. That's why I'm here.

Barack had this to say about campaigning with Joe:

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On Thursday night, August 28th, Barack Obama accepted the Democratic nomination for President of the United States.

More than 80,000 people joined him in Denver to be part of the moment, and tens of millions more shared the experience across the country.

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Barack and Michelle Obama joined Joe and Jill Biden today in the Keystone state, in their first event since the convention in Denver.

Before the town hall in Beaver tonight, the four of them toured the Pennsylvanian Biodeisel Inc, a startup company in Monaca, that aims to deliver four to five million gallons of biodiesel fuel for tractors and trailers in its first year.
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Joe Biden was quick to point out that the chicken fat used to produced the fuel here comes from Delaware, and that this self-sustaining process of reducing waste and...

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Barack Obama accepted the Democratic nomination for president on August 28, 2008, before 84,000 people at Mile High Stadium, in Denver, CO.

Barack Obama accepted the Democratic nomination for president on August 28, 2008, before 84,000 people at Mile High Stadium, in Denver, CO.