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Obama campaigns in Mount Vernon  Posted: Updated:  After the
second presidential debate Tuesday night, President Barack Obama
made a campaign stop in eastern Iowa Wednesday.   Retired Iowa
lawmaker Ro Foege has lived in Mount Vernon for decades, and
he's never seen anything like the scene before President Barack
Obama's visit.  Foege watched as thousands of Obama supporters,
Cornell College students and voters of all ages waited outside a
gymnasium for the president Wednesday morning. Foege says he
can't remember anything "bigger or more important" for the city
of 4,500 people.  This is the first time a sitting president has
visited the campus in the college's 159 year history.   "We're
really excited.  This is just a great opportunity for our
students to hear from a sitting president," said Jamie Kelly,
Cornell College spokesman.  President Obama did visit Cornell
College in 2008 as a c