It’s no coincidence that Obama is having a rally with Bruce Springsteen in Madison, Wisconsin tomorrow. Clearly, he’s trying to rally the base.
Turnout will be interesting. In 2004, John Kerry and Springsteen drew 80,000 in Madison.
Campaign sources were claiming 20,000 for Katy Perry and Obama yesterday in Milwaukee, but according to the venue’s website, the maximum capacity for the room they played was a little more than 12,500. ...and that’s before setting up two stages, security perimeters and the like.
I have two college age daughters (they do not go to UWM thankfully!), and I hesitate to see how Springsteen reaches many of the mind-numbed little darlings on campus. The hairy birky-wearing aging hippie crowd maybe, but he needs the students.