15000 today in Fairfax, VA

[ObaMania]

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/10/mccain-palin-draw-big-crowd-in-va/

.. while Barack talks to a group of 25 at a school.

Sorry, but I think he should be trading barbs with McSame. The tables have been reversed and now Gramps and cheerleader are commanding huge audiences while our guy plans intimate gatherings with kids.

Makes you wonder who Obama's handlers are for?

[MattNC]

1. Was 85,000

in Denver not enough for you?

[dennis4868]

5. but since the convention...

Obama has been in from of very small crowds and McSame has really been speaking in fromt of huge crowds and got 15,000 people ina section of VA that are mostly dems....yikes!

[ObaMania]

12. Exactly! n/t

:)

[EFerrari]

14. How do you know those are mostly dems?

Do you have a link or something?

[ObaMania]

16. Historically, Northern Vrirginia leans Democratic. n/t

;)

[EFerrari]

18. But we don't know who those people are. The GOP busses people in

all the time. And we don't know if the count is accurate.

There may be 15000 people at a McCain rally on a Wednesday. But I may be the Queen of England, too. :P

[ObaMania]

24. True..

.. they just have to grab folks from neighboring Prince William, Loudoun, Faquier, and Clark counties and it's a Republican insta-crowd.

Thanks for making me feel better.

Still wish I could'a been the 101st Dem protester there today (per the M$M).

[dennis4868]

20. i lived there for over 30 years...

and it is a liberal area of the state...

[EFerrari]

22. Do you honestly believe that Democrats went to this rally?

I have a bridge to nowhere you might be interested in.

[ObaMania]

25. I would'a..

.. just to be able to strip down to my code pink undies and wave a dissenting banner! :D

[EFerrari]

28. It doesn't make sense. Let's wait and see.

People are losing their homes. They're not going to take the day off to see Caribou Barbie.

This is the same press that said 6 kids from West Virginny were responsible for Abu Graib. :)

And, btw, go Code Pink!

[brianna69]

13. Campaign Strategy

Obama is doing smaller events now similiar to how he campaigned in Indiana in the primaries. The campaign is now more targeted and focused. We already know Obama can outdraw everyone in terms of crowds. Right now it is about winning an election and bringing in undecided voters.

[dennis4868]

2. I don't get that either...

Politics is perception and when people see Obama speaking to 50-100 in a room it does not look good and McShame and Palin are speaking in front of 15,000 people the perception is that publis loves this guy...why has Obama decided to speak in front of small crowds lately? Is it because they do not feel they can draw alot of people anymore?

[Subdivisions]

3. Show me one single wide-angle shot of a mcsame/mooselini crowd. The msm

can't even do it with a freakin' helicopter flying above it. Strictly tight shots.

[angstlessk]

4. sorry, Obama was at my HS alma mater..though he mentioned

jr high, but there was never a Granby Jr High, so I think he was refering to some other school when he spoke, but he was AT GRANBY HIGH SCHOOL!!!!

[bluestateguy]

6. Does McCain really want to make this a contest about who can turn out the largest crowds?

If he does then we can do that. Obama can turn out +100,000 people to a rally if his advance team and field organizers wanted to. In the last week of the campaign, I'm confident we'll see that.

But people need to see Obama in more intimate settings, and not just the stadium rallies. Doing these events gets you local publicity, and Obama is outspending McCain on Virginia TV ads.

[Sukie]

7. Obama was in a closed meeting today

which is customary now and then. He has done his share of rallies already and will of course get back to them. 15,000 at an outdoor rally is actually embarrassing.

[ObaMania]

11. Not that embarassing..

.. I live near and am familiar with the park. I thought 7500 was pushing it for the size of that small park.

[EFerrari]

8. Obama's handlers are the same guys that helped him win our nomination.

You might want to think twice before you let the corporate media twirl you like a cheerleader's baton.

[stillcool]

9. Obama has been doing ....

Q & A events. I'm sure you've seen them. Why don't you post on the blog..I'm sure he'll do a rally soon to make you happy.

[Dogtown]

10. Send in your resume, then

Machiavelli.

[cliffordu]

15. Makes me wonder why you aren't working on the campaign since your

acumen is beyond reproach....

[ObaMania]

17. Yo, Cliffie.

Just making a statement and voicing concern.

You don't have to be an ass.

Plus, you know as well as I that the guys running the campaign are probably cut from the same mold as the group schlubs that lost the last two for us.

[cliffordu]

21. It's my nature to be an ass but I don't present myself as anything I'm not,

or play armchair quarterback to the Obama campaign, now do I??

[ObaMania]

26. And I do?

You're just lookin' to screw with folks. I won't take the bait.

[cliffordu]

29. I re-read your OP -

Yep, second guessing hand wringing concern.
Our candidate is doing just fine, I back his every move.

[misanthrope]

19. Gramps ain't drawing jack...

...They're all there to see Palin. McCqin looks like an impotent child traipsing in her shadow.

[EFerrari]

23. We're going to find out this is yet another fake. Bet me. n/t

[ObaMania]

27. Hope so..

And actually the crowds 10 minutes before the show began looked a bit thin to me.