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Dems’ dire seat-uation
New York Post ^ | August 6, 2012 | Josh Margolin

Posted on 08/06/2012 10:09:12 AM PDT by Zakeet

Top aides on President Obama’s re-election team are terrified that there will be scores of empty seats when he makes his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention, party insiders said.

Obama, once the biggest draw in politics, won’t likely attract crowds as large as those at the 2008 convention because voters have gone sour on the poor economy, insiders said.

“It’s always a concern about making sure there aren’t empty seats, but this is different,” said one Democratic official familiar with the convention plans.

“This is a different time than four years ago. It’s a different convention. And the president is viewed differently.”

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: 2012election; democrat; democratconvention; obama
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21 posted on 08/06/2012 10:47:05 AM PDT by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: JPG
Exactly. I see no problem here that a few thousand mannequins or blowup dolls wouldn’t solve.

And the blowup dolls can also be used in the evening.

22 posted on 08/06/2012 10:52:44 AM PDT by ProudFossil (" I never did give anyone hell. I just told the truth and they thought it was hell." Harry Truman)
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To: BubbaBobTX

Bravo. A brilliant idea!


23 posted on 08/06/2012 11:26:21 AM PDT by toolman1401
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To: Zakeet

That’s ridonculous. They’ll hire butts to put in the seats.


24 posted on 08/06/2012 12:03:05 PM PDT by ichabod1 (Spriiingtime for islam, and tyranny. Winter for US and frieeends. . .)
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