CLINTON, Iowa- Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama was feeling good after a day of non-stop campaigning across rural Iowa on Friday.

“It’s all going well, don’t you think?” Obama asked a group of traveling journalists after he drew repeated cheers at an evening rally here for his proposals to end the war in Iraq and improve the U.S. education system.

But some of those attending the rally were not so happy afterwards. While they were listening to Obama speak inside a local school, their cars were towed away.

According to a representative from the sheriff’s department, there was confusion over a city snow ordinance that prohibits parking in certain areas before they are adequately plowed. Parts of the state were blanketed with snow over the last 24 hours.

For Wanda Hardwick, who brought her daughter to see Obama speak but ended up struggling to find a ride to pick up her car at an impound lot, the events turned an otherwise upbeat experience into a big disappointment.

“This was a big event. You think they (the police) would make an exception,” she said. “This is just spiteful.”

– Photo credit: Reuters/Jim Young