I was there. They had to turn thousands of people away to get the rally started.
Yeah, I was looking for some images of pre-Palin McCain rallies and contrast that with those now. I know when McCain was setting up the VP announcement, they had to advertise for nearly a month to try to give away 10,000 tickets and they still did not get that many. Now 10,000 tickets are gone in a second, and thousands more waiting.
I was there, too, and the electricity was incredible. No doubt Gov. Palin has made a huge difference, but the affection for John McCain also greatly exceeded anything I’ve seen before. I thought he gave a much better speech than he did at the convention (no surprise there, given his preference for speaking in smaller, less formal venues) and when it was all over, much of the crowd went to the back barriers to see the them all off—this after standing in the sun and baking our brains out for 3 or more hours. The enthusiasm for this ticket is real.
I hope (probably in vain) that the McCain ego allows him to realize that, hey John, all this excitement and enthusiasm is NOT for you. And it sure as heck is not for your hair brained, “maverick” policies that are guaranteed to divide the party once more if revived.
Influential Republicans need to put more and more pressure on McCain to take a real, aggressive position on domestic energy production (including ANWR and off all coastal states) and he needs to forget his amnesty fetish.
And they need to nationalize this election to some extent to aid congressional candidates on major issues.
You can zoom in/out and do loops like in those real estate web sites. When Sarah was introduced it almost blew out our eardrums!
Women SCREAM, men YELL. She bested McCain on noise level.