His voice could be heard clearly above dozens of jubilant supporters crowded into The Sanctuary as people rose to their feet and punched the air in the background.
The speech attracted a huge crowd, with over 1,500 men crowded into the sanctuary, and thousands more outside.
"Maybe 40 years after his death, it's time to claim the promise," Dr. Warnock told nearly 2,000 people crowded into the church sanctuary, as Mr. Obama sat near the choir and looked on.
About 30 congregants attend Sabbath services during winter, but in summer the sanctuary is so crowded that the doors are left open.
Some were crowded outside the open front door, craning toward the front of the sanctuary where the seven-piece band, clad in black mariachi jackets and fat red bow ties and wide sombreros, sent joyously spiritual music heavenward.
The sanctuary was one option, but sometimes it is locked, and other times it is crowded.
The crowd seemed like the sanctuary of a minority — economically wounded capitalists in shades from eggshell to ecru, cheering the man from Bain and trying to fathom why they're not running the country anymore.
"Management should and must be accountable for what happens on one's watch," Mr. Salveson told the crowd, which filled the sanctuary and spilled into an assembly hall, where people watched the meeting on closed-circuit television.
Oozing confidence, he waded through the crowds, eyes set on the sanctuary inside the yellow gallery ropes.
Called "Secure Borders," the commercial features a tough-talking Mr. Huckabee addressing a cheering crowd and coming out against sanctuary cities and amnesty for illegal immigrants, and in favor of building a border fence.
