Reading, Pa. -- More than 2,600 people packed the Reading High School gym today as it reverberated with screams of, "Yes, we can! Yes we can!" That was followed by loud chants, "O-bam-a! O-bam-a," as the faithful supporters of Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama urged him on for Tuesday's Primary.

"Berks County, are you fired up?" yelled Eileen Prussman, leader of the local Obama for President effort. "We want to win this county and win Pennsylvania for Barack."

The enthusiastic crowd--many of them in their teens and 20s-- cheered loudly as Mr. Obama took that stage at about 1:15, or nearly an hour late.

"This is a feisty crowd," Mr. Obama said. "Whatever you had for breakfast, I want."

He spoke for 35 minutes and then answered questions for another 40 minutes.

He said he thinks things are looking good in his primary battle against Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton. He said there were 35,000 people in a Philadelphia rally two days ago, and 10,000 people last night in Harrisburg.

If elected president he said he would: Get the U.S. out of Iraq quickly; support more federal funding for early childhood education; tell car makers to build more fuel-efficient vehicles; and "change the tone of our politics."

He also said he would: Take tax breaks away from companies that ship jobs overseas; invest more federal funds in clean energy such as solar wind and biodiesel; and offer $4,000 annual tuition tax credit for parents with children in college.

One of those present, Liz Dunbar, 30, a Reading business woman, says this will be the first election she's voted in.

"He has inspired me to vote," she said. "I always feel I am being lied to by politicians. But Barack makes me feel like there is hope."