DES MOINES — A crowd almost equal to Iowa State’s entire student body came out to see Sen. Barack Obama in Des Moines.

Obama spoke to a crowd of about 25,000 at the Western Gateway Park on Friday, in an attempt to rally some last minute support just days before the election.

“Iowa, I have just two words for you: four days,” he said.

Obama touched on his regular talking points, such as the economy, the need for change in government, investing in alternative energy, tax cuts for the middle class, and the war.

“As president, I will end this war,” he said, and called for the Iraqi government to “step up.”

He also touched on getting “beyond the old ideology debate” and coming together as a country. He said it wasn’t about bigger government or smaller government.

“We need smarter government,” he said.

Obama closed his speech by calling for those in the crowd to volunteer: make phone calls, knock on doors and get out to vote.

“If you will volunteer and do what needs to be done, then everything that we’ve been working for — for two years, now — will come to a head,” he said. “And we will have not only won Iowa, we will win this general election, and you and I, together, we will change this country and change the world.”