OBAMA LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN IN EMPTY ARENA

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OBAMA LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN IN EMPTY ARENA

by ALEXANDER MARLOW 14 hours ago 1464 POST A COMMENT

Barack Obama launched his campaign in unspectacular fashion today at Ohio State University, the largest college in the crucial swing state. A photo posted to twitter by Mitt Romney's campaign spokesman Ryan Williams reveals sparse attendance. The above image, according to Williams, was taken during the President's first official campaign speech.

During the speech, Obama ripped into the presumptive GOP nominee and discussed nation building at home, but the most newsworthy item of the day was not the talking points Obama delivered: it was the crowd... or lack thereof. According to ABC News, the Obama campaign had expected an "overflow" of people. Instead, the arena looked half-empty. The Columbus Dispatch reports that Obama organizers even had people move from the seats to the floor of the gym in order to project a larger crowd on television.

According to the Toledo Blade, the venue for Obama's rally seats 20,000 but "there were a lot of empty seats." Comparatively, Obama drew a crowd of 35,000 at Ohio State when he campaigned for former Governor Ted Strickland in 2010.

The official Barack Obama Tumblr boasts a figure from banned site link - malware reported that 14,000 attended the event--70% of the stadium's seating capacity.

It's a campaign faux pas to hold an event in a room that isn't full; to promise the media a more-than-capacity crowd then fall this far short of that promise is utter incompetence. In 2008, Obama ran a near-flawless campaign, buoyed by enthusiasm and effective organizing. But it's not 2008 any more, and on day one of the 2012 campaign, Team Obama has already made an embarrassing blunder. http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/05/05/obama-empty-arena

[cajunrescuemedic]

Hopefully that is a trend..........and it'll tell him something early. Time for a change............

[Rogue Knight]

Just posted this on my FB page! Guess America did not like the hope and change...(AHEM) Told you so...

[tchamp]

Cajunrescuemedic...

Plus 1.

2008 campaign of time for a change was time for a change alright. It changed in the worse way.

The 2012 campaign should be... Time to change Obama out.

[TLHUBER]

I still think there is to many people there. Should only be the people on the floor only, not in the seats. Stupid A?s people.

[TPSprayduster]

according to the photo and subject it was an empty arena. don't think they may not have open the top section for some reason or another. LOL

[Scrumdiddles]

according to the photo and subject it was an empty arena. don't think they may not have open the top section for some reason or another. LOL

Yea TP so if we want info about OBAMA, we will just come to you. YOu know because you will be at every one of his speeches.

[aliciadogz]

obama can pay for house,gas bills; I still won't vote him.Did you see a something about Juilia.were they from bady to grave.There no question about it obama socialist.Also he tring to buy your votes.

[DinarMillionaire]

according to the photo and subject it was an empty arena. don't think they may not have open the top section for some reason or another. LOL

Yep, they didn't open the top section for a reason all right. The reason... there weren't enough people there to warrant opening the space. hahahahaha

Seems quite a few people have wised up to what Obama has been doing to America and yet, as we see, some are just slower than others.