[Zakeet]

There seems to be differing estimates of the crowd which showed up. The stadium was maybe 50-75% filled, not an overflow crowd by any means, but still indicative of ardor not completely extinguished.

The Newser's crowd estimates are probably about as accurate as their push poll results at this stage. Here's a close-up of the enthusiastic audience in the upper deck. Doesn't look to me like the joint was 50-75 percent full. Not by a long shot.

[matt04]

That 50-75% figure was probably for the lower deck, with the emphasis on the low end. I would have to assume they filled the sections near the sage for good TV then let the crowd spread out.

The arena seats 20K, my best guess is that Obama got somewhere between 5-7.