REJECTED: Obama, Biden Play to Half-Full Arena in Last 2010 Campaign Stop

Sunday, October 31, 2010 | Kristinn

[kristinn]

Brack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden made their last campaign rally appearance in a nearly half-empty college arena in Cleveland today.

CBS News' Mark Knoller Tweeted that the Democrat National Committtee says that the 13,600 seat arena had about 8,000 in attendance for the rally held at Cleveland State University's Wolstein Center.

Before the rally, the Associated Press speculated that the crowd was not going to fill the arena.

Obama's (sic) was expected to appear about 2:30 p.m. at Cleveland State University's Wolstein Center. A crowd was trickling in about an hour before the president was expected, raising questions whether the arena, which can hold up to 14,000 people, would be filled.

At 1:30 p.m., only the lower bowl was full, though hundreds of people had crowded onto a portion of the floor before the stage.

Knoller's Tweet:

DNC says there were 8,000 people at the Wolstein Center at Cleveland State Univ. Full capacity is about 13,600.
19 minutes ago via web

[SunkenCiv]

Cleveland Rocks! Thanks kristinn. Maybe they're just sensitive and didn't want to be yelled at.

• Barack loses his cool: Angry Obama yells BACK at hecklers

[Karliner]

No American flag, nothing. Hecklers and ambiguous folks at best. Only ones screaming he's the messiah are in mental institutions or dosed on thorazine walking the streets waiting fot THEE "0"NE to change their shopping carts to green cars and so many unemployed hitting the harware and gardening stores for the shovel ready jobs welfare and foodstamp lines for the Pelosi employment idea.

[fwdude]

Was the arena "half full" or "half empty?"

(Apologies to whoever already played this obvious hand in this thread.)

[AmericanMermaid]

Amen! And I don’t want to get my hopes too high, but the recent events (with hecklers and Obamadinajad losing it, showing his true thin-skin colors) have me feeling so optimistic again! It’s so much fun watching the Marxists make fools of themselves!!!

[gop4lyf]

On the other hand, George Bush got a huge standing ovation as he threw out the first pitch in front of 40,000+ fans 10 minutes ago.

[jakerobins]

Sorry Barry..the bloom is off the rose...

[NCC-1701]

Brack, Barack, so what. What difference does it make. Either way, he’s wrong for the country.

[NCC-1701]

Can’t really tell but it looks like TOTUS failed to make the trip.

[Right Wing Assault]

Sounds like they have that college demographic really energized for Tuesday!

CSU is mostly a commuter school with very few students living on campus. Looks as if the crowd has quite a few older folks. Also looks as if there was a special "white people only" section right behind zerobama.

[TheOldLady]

They’re there. Big guys in black suits. They stay in the audience and watch the attendees. Hubby and I had one standing right next to us at a Cheney rally once. I scared him when I took my hand out from under the sweater draped over my arm to scratch my nose. He kept his eye on me for the rest of the event.

[raybbr]

All union and Acorn thugs I bet.

[left that other site]

Scadenfreude Ping

[old and tired]

Looks as if the crowd has quite a few older folks.

I suspect that's because people with kids were getting ready for trick-or-treating. I think the small crowd is a good sign, but I don't want to put too much hope into it.

The way the media is building up this election to be death to the liberals scares the heck out of me. I can already see Wednesday's headline - Democrats do much better than expected.

[ILS21R]

PUPPET SHOW
and
Obama

[greatdefender]

[jivin gene]

Dittoes here in the state of Pennsyltucky (PA). I am putting my money where my mouth is, and loving it!!!! We are sending chrissy the carney back to his day job, big time!!! Most of my “callees” are as fired up as this here “caller”!!!

[cookcounty]

CNN’s Don Lemmon. will call it a “massive” turnout.

[Candor7]

Whio in bloody blue blazes would want to watch this liberal fascist dog and pony show? Its a thug circus people do not like or want.

[hoosiermama]

When I moved to this county all the county offices were held by Democrats...Sometimes there weren't even Republicans on the ballot...No one would run.

This election should completely fill the offices with Republicans.....

Times are a changing.

Loved you post...LOL Keep up the good work.

[erod]

Wow two young college aged protestors awesome. But being a former College Republican, they were probably sent in by their college’s chapter, we used to do it at rallies. But, that doesn’t mean it’s bad, it’s good to rattle their cages.