Our family has a friend who manages a very large bookstore. Sarah Palin visited and signed books in his store during her first book tour.
He (our friend) told us that the lines went all the way around the building and doubled back. It was cold at the time, and no one seemed to mind at all.
On the other hand, the weather SC was probably pretty nice today... the forecast was for the low/mid 80’s...
and all Mitt Romney could muster was 40 people.