Politics on the Hudson

Barack Obama’s campaign, in an e-mail to supporters, just announced that the candidate will hold a rally in Washington Square Park on Thursday night, Sept. 27. Gates open at 5 p.m.

“Of all the people in the country supporting this campaign, our New York area supporters have been among the proudest and best organized,” Obama said in the e-mail. “We’ve had these rallies across the country, and it’s not just the number of supporters who turn out that’s inspiring. It’s the individual people and stories behind those numbers.”