"Thousands line up to purchase Senator Clinton's book."
Oh brother.
It is hard to estimate a count on how many were there, and the book sales definately won't tell because several of the Hillary-philes were walking out with 4 and 5 copies a piece. Channel 9 said it was several hundred and "perhaps a thousand." However many there were, I do know that lots of them got drenched. They were still waiting outside the garden center when the thunderstorms hit.
I was in the store getting some things before the protest and they were also camped out in there. I saw one grungy looking hippie laying down in the line along the back wall, sound asleep and snoring.
I also walked by Hilsama's book signing booth while trying to make my way through the crowd to the cashiers. It was set up, appropriately enough, right in between the lingerie section and the restrooms.