Entry to an Obama rally could hinge on the color of your ticket

DUNCANVILLE - The chances of getting into a crammed high school gymnasium here Wednesday for a Barack Obama rally often hinged on the color of the admission ticket.

People holding white tickets breezed in, passing thousands of Obama believers who, instead, held blue tickets that were handed out when they assembled into long lines at Duncanville High School.

So where did the white tickets come from? "Don't worry about it," said one man, refusing to give his name and wearing an Obama "staff" button, when asked about the origin of the white express tickets.

Barbara Fields of DeSoto said a friend told her where to get her white ticket a day before the rally. "It guarantees you a seat, I'm told," said Fields, moments before she was ushered into the gymn.

Jon Apgar, a Dallas lawyer, wasn't so lucky. He held a blue ticket and was still in line as the time approached for Obama to show up. Apgar, of German and Austrian descent, was hoping he would make it inside on time because "I want to be a part of a historical event."

--Jack Douglas Jr.