CAN Bernie Sanders FILL a 50,000 Seat Stadium on Two Days Notice?

[Segami]

Last edited Fri Mar 25, 2016, 07:27 PM - Edit history (1)

ON EDIT:

The event is scheduled to get underway at 4 p.m. Pacific time, with Sanders himself arriving at the podium at about 7 p.m. Pacific time, or 10 p.m. Eastern time.

http://www.inquisitr.com/2926192/watch-bernie-sanders-seattle-safeco-field-rally-stream-live-54000-seat-ballpark-to-feel-the-bern-friday/

If there is ever written a history of Bernie Sanders winning the Democratic nomination in 2016, there will almost certainly be an event or series of events identified as the turning point in his come-from-behind battle against Hillary Clinton. Well, this afternoon comes an event, at 4:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time, that may become part of that hypothetical future history.


An enduring and persistent feature of Bernie Sanders’ campaign, almost from the very beginning, has been Bernie’s consistent ability to draw unusually large crowds to his events. He has filled State Fair Midways, hockey arenas, basketball field houses, school gymnasiums and auditoriums, theaters, convention halls and almost every other manner of mass public venue. From early on it seemed that he could even fill a large stadium if he wished, but he didn’t make any appearances at all with the potential for such giant crowds. As early as last August, some of Bernie’s supporters petitioned him to begin making stadium appearances, specifically, a football stadium in Alabama where Donald Trump appeared and couldn’t fill it up more than ½ way. But despite continuing to draw overflow crowds all over the country, Bernie still has not tried to fill up a 50,000+ seat venue.


Until today.


Can’t help but wonder why Bernie has waited so long to appear before such potentially large crowds? Why start here, and now, in Seattle, WA, and why not earlier, such as when begged to go to Alabama in August 2015? Some of the answers seem obvious; others, perhaps, less so. The main thing is the structural design of the Sanders campaign and the purpose for which he conducts these appearances. These rallies are not simply entertainment, so that people can have a good time. These rallies are one of the fundamental organizing pillars if the campaign. They are the font from which spring Bernie Sanders’ social media and grassroots organizing strengths. Every mass gathering feeds the infobase of volunteers whose time and small donations power the pending political revolution.


Bernie has been turning-out huge, overcapacity crowds all over the Pacific Northwest. His organizing model has enjoyed great success in caucus states. A large trove of delegates is at stake in the caucuses in Washington tomorrow. Given all of that, the choice of Seattle for Bernie’s first mass stadium rally of the campaign seems increasingly like a no brainer. But Bernie’s campaign only scheduled the Safeco Field rally two days ago. Let us hope that is enough time to draw in a capacity crowd. What happens today and tomorrow could eventually come to be seen as part of a turning point in Bernie Sanders’ uphill struggle against the strongly favored front runner. But that will not come to be unless Bernie fills the house tonight.


My younger daughter is a graduate of the University of Washington and is blasting out the event info to her social media universe. Anyone else who can do so through their own contacts in Washington and Oregon should do the same. Let’s help make sure we fill Safeco Field to the roof for Bernie Sanders for President.


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[onehandle]

1. Hillary FILLED her voting count by a plurality of more than 2.5 million votes.

Sorry... What were you saying?

[tokenlib]

2. she also filled her bank account with Wall Street speaking fees..

....so what?

[Live and Learn]

145. ROFL +10,000 nt

[Segami]

7. LOL!...The Clintons are grifters....

They only way Hillary could fill a venue to capacity is if her campaign team hired people/actors to stand in as supporters.....

In the meantime, Hillary will continue having her tiny, 'intimate' get-togethers with her folks.......simply put, nobody has the drive or passion to come out to stand for hours in rain & cold just to listen to her spew drivel for an hour......

[Nanjeanne]

13. Trump and Clinton on the Campaign Trail will be a new road movie, The Huckster & The Grifter

[CorporatistNation]

140. Well Put! Perhaps We Are in The Midst of The Turning Point... It Began to Happen This Past Tuesday

It will continue today...

It will grow from here. People are beginning to understand just WHO Bernie is and has been his entire life while at the same time finally seeing the contrast as Hillary's purposefully overlooked past begins to see the light of day... Corporatist MSM be damned!

[Jackilope]

28. Katy Perry in Iowa -- hired out

HRC can only dream of genuine enthusiasm and crowd turn out. Ah, but she does have her pricey and 1% dinner fundraisers.

Visually, a good example of who is really for the people and who HRC stands with.

[roguevalley]

37. ah, bill and hill.

I wonder how big her crowds will be when this gets aired adequately:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2584309/Bill-Clinton-identified-lawsuit-against-former-friend-pedophile-Jeffrey-Epstein-regular-orgies-Caribbean-compound-former-president-visited-multiple-times.html

[tokenlib]

42. They'll just say it's another right wing hit job...n/t

[fun n serious]

130. You know..

Your enthusiasm for Bernie reminds me of how I was for Obama. He was elected on my 40th birthday. I went out with friends and watched as the LANDSLIDE win came in. I celebrated 2 things, the big 40 and " hope and change." Repukes are rigging elections in red states. So depressing what is happening because of the gutted VRA.

[dchill]

81. Why do you wanna go and give grifters...

A bad name?

[bvar22]

11. Popular votes do NOT count in a Presidential election.

You already know this?...Yes?
I believe you do, but this worthless stat seems so very popular with the Hillary supporters.

*Will Hillary win South Carolina?

*Will Hillary win Georgia?

*Will Hillary Alabama?

*Will Hillary win Mississippi?

*Will Hillary win Louisiana?

*Will Hillary win her "Home State" of Arkansas?

In case you need the schooling, the answer is NO, not a prayer, so all those popular votes are worth NOTHING, because, in Presidential Election the states are Winner Take All. Winning the "plurality" of votes nationwide is worthless. Might as well throw them in the trash can. Ask Al Gore.

But if it makes you feel good, keep holding on to the blankie of worthless numbers.

*If you ask the hopeful, Hillary has an outside chance of winning Arkansas, but from some of us active on the ground in Arkansas, I have seen little evidence of that.

[LuvLoogie]

27. This is the Democratic primary, not the general election.

[bvar22]

38. Popular votes you are so proudly parading around DU

also do not count in at the Democratic Convention. Delegates count, not the popular vote.

You view is REALLY short sighteded. We WILL have a General Election,
and Hillary can kiss those Red States that seem to like her for some unexplained reason
will ALSO not count. She will NEVER win those states in the General.
You had better think about that before you help dig the hole you and the rest of us won't be able to climb out of.

[LuvLoogie]

41. Democrats all over the country get a say on who the Democratic nominee should be.

It is the people who show up at the polls that determine the delegates. Not the people that show up at political rallies and flood twitter with unresearched memes. Hillary supporters get to vote in the Democratic primaries. And so far, more of them have shown up.

Bernie is running for the Democratic Party nomination because there is no better vehicle for his mantra. Real, actual voters are choosing Hillary over Bernie because they see her as the better candidate. They get to vote.

[Gwhittey]

43. If only Sanders had got as much news coverage.

Hillary has gotten 4 to 1 amount of time on TV. If you don't think that is effecting the majority of voters then you are out of touch with reality. Most older people don't use internet except for email and posting pictures of grand kids. This is also why we see a large number of African Americans go for Clinton. Lack of real news sources from internet. A much larger portion of African Americans over 35(think it is 60%) do not have access to broad band internet. And you can not sit here and tell me Cable TV has no been biased in this primaries. Trump has gotten 3x more coverage than Clinton has. So one can not really tell who voters really want because a large part of voter base do not get information they need. You are going to see this in GE how Trump is going to get 24/7 positive coverage from news because they will kiss his ass because they are afraid of losing coverage of him.

[bvar22]

44. Yes. But the ALL of the Red States she was so stong in...

...will be a BIG ZERO for Hillary in the General Election.
Look Ahead instead of obsessing about something that will not matter (as in ZERO) in the General Election.

[LuvLoogie]

61. Sigh... A bit more math using your metric.

Here are the blue states that Barack won in 2012 that Bernie has also won this primary:

State Electoral Votes

NH 4
VT 3
ME 4
MN 10
CO 9
MI 16

TOTAL TO DATE 46


Here are the blue states that Barack won in 2012 that Hillary has also won this primary:

State Electoral Votes

MA 11
OH 18
IL 20
FL 29
NV 6
IA 6
VA 13

TOTAL TO DATE 103

[pdsimdars]

33. I heard she filled George Clooney's dining table

If you had enough money that is.

[rhett o rick]

113. Gloat while you can. Sooner or later we will drag the wealthy bastards into the streets and send

them packing to China. I am guessing you choose to side with the big money because you think they are more powerful than the People, but you are wrong. 50,000,000 living in poverty say you are on the wrong side of this class war. And if you think they will like you, you are a fool. A fool on the wrong side of this class war.

[ViseGrip]

3. The most amazing race this century and it's not reported on.

[libdem4life]

6. That's why ... it's not in the the Establishment's best interest.

The American Revolution was likely not reported on much in England, either. Although they did not have modern media. I'm sure it was handled as just a bunch of crazies who couldn't cut it in Europe.

This is the standard response to anything "out of the box", so to speak.

[disillusioned73]

4. Thanx for posting..

sidenote.. full ignore is the bestest..

[Karma13612]

52. I know, I discovered a few days ago and it's great! eom

[ChiciB1]

5. Well, It IS GOOD FRIDAY! If He Can It COULD Be The Biggest Event Ever! BUT

if he does, will he FINALLY get covered??

[kristopher]

8. No.

[Uncle Joe]

9. I doubt it, the corporate media conglomerates will continue to focus on either

terror or the Trump/Cruz spat over their wives.

If Bernie only gets 40-45 thousand in a 50 thousand capacity venue, they might focus on that.

[thereismore]

12. He might get covered if he doesn't fill the stadium.

That's how they roll.

[LisaM]

20. You must not live in Seattle.

His rally last Sunday at Key Arena was covered heavily on the local news.

[Ed Suspicious]

78. It's awesome, but sort of like preaching to the choir.

[bvar22]

137. Key Phrase "covered heavily IN THE LOCAL news."

How much of that LOCAL news made it to the MSM.
Everybody in the area already KNEW he drew a massive crowd, but that did little good if it was Blacked Out[/] out or marginalized on the MSM.

[suffragette]

10. Weather is forecast to be decent.

So that's a good start.
Can't go, but spoke to many yesterday who are planning to be there

[LisaM]

14. A friend talked to a Sanders volunteer at the Springsteen concert last night

She asked why they were having another big rally (during rush hour on a Friday) when they just had one at Key Arena (about seven miles away) just a few days ago.

He actually admitted to her, "we're trying to have the biggest rally ever!"

It's very telling that the writer's daughter is media blasting all her friends to attend. If you were going to go to a rally, wouldn't it be based on deeply held beliefs or a desire to learn about a candidate? Would you only go because all your friends were going and to try and set a record for a big rally?

[ljm2002]

17. Now that is what is known as a "stretch"...

...as in, stretching and straining to find something negative to say about enthused young people encouraging others to attend a rally.

Of course Bernie and his team would like to have a record-setting rally right now. Everyone knows that Washington is pretty much make-or-break for the campaign. So it makes sense to put together a giant rally as part of the strategy. Now you think we ought to consider the motives of everyone who might attend the rally? Really? Who cares why they go anyway? Once there, they will hear Bernie's ideas, and that is the real reason for having the rally anyway.

Anyway, by the same token we might ask what are the motives of those who pay $2700 or more to hobnob with Hillary? I have never asked that question, but after reading this post, maybe I'll start hammering on that one.

[LisaM]

19. First, Bernie has also held similar fundraising events. The $2700 is the max individual donation

So that's why they use that figure. I'd like to point out that Hillary did three events, and two were free. She was in Everett and spoke to the machinists at Boeing, and then she was at Rainier Beach high school on Tuesday to speak to volunteers and high school kids.

Sanders just held an enormous rally a week ago. He also had one in Vancouver, Washington and one in Spokane. I am not against enthusiasm at all. I would not ever, though, attend a rally because my friends did or to set a record! And this rally is just window dressing.

[ljm2002]

23. I do know where the $2700 figure comes from...

...although it will cost a lot more than that for people to attend the event with Hillary, George Clooney and his wife:

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/03/hillary-clinton-george-clooney-fundraiser-221207#ixzz43whmyX8F

It will cost more than four times the average income in San Francisco to have dinner next to Hillary Clinton and the Clooneys there next month.

For two seats at the head table with Clinton, George Clooney and his wife, attorney Amal Clooney, at an April 15 fundraiser, a couple must contribute or raise a whopping $353,400 — a huge ticket price for a hard-dollar fundraiser.

(...)

While the maximum donation to a presidential campaign is $2,700 for the primary elections (plus another $2,700 for the general), the Hillary Victory Fund can accept much larger contributions because it is a so-called joint fundraising committee that is comprised of multiple committees.

So she has events that cost some attendees hundreds of thousands of dollars to attend, and Bernie has events that anyone can attend for free -- but you have decreed that his event is mere "window dressing"?

Shall we consider what their motives are for attending Hillary's fundraiser with the Clooneys? I'm sure they're enthused, I'm just not sure about what, and the events are not done in public, so us riff raff have little chance to find out. Nor are we likely to run into a Clinton volunteer at a concert who can tell us what the "real" motives are (and BTW, your story is anecdotal, with a young volunteer speaking off the cuff, which you use to extrapolate as to the supposed motives of any attendees who might show up).

[LisaM]

26. She's raising money that will also be used for other races, you know.

I don't believe that, to date, Sanders has done so. Correct me if I'm wrong. I don't actually recall him ever being out in Washington state to stump for any of our candidates over the years, either, while Hillary has been out here many, many times campaigning for our Dems. We need to win more races than just the President.

[IdaBriggs]

30. That is called "buying support from the establishment."

Also known as "pay to play". It doesn't make me like her more. It does the opposite.

"Support Hillary or Else."

[LisaM]

32. I've never said any such thing.

I think it's important to possibly take back the Senate and get a few more seats in the House, it may not be the best government model ever but it's the one we've got.

[pdsimdars]

34. So, does that mean you're supporting Bernie?

She generates NO enthusiasm, and Bernie generates Yuuuuuge enthusiasm and we're going to need a Yuuuuuge turnout to turn the Senate and House.
In every state Hillary has won there was LOW turnout and in every state Bernie won there was big turnout . . breaking records.
Do a little honest thinking.

[LisaM]

36. I heard him give his big plan for getting back the Senate.

Generate enthusiasm. What a solid strategy.

[Ed Suspicious]

79. Sounds better than tamping spirits down.

[liberal_at_heart]

115. How else do you get back the Senate? No matter who wins the nomination we will have to

fight to get the Senate back. How will Hillary do it? Cronyism and pay to play, you do me a favor, I'll do you a favor? That's exactly why there is no enthusiasm and over half the country doesn't vote at all. Because of the corrupt way DC does business.

[bjo59]

116. Exactly.

[jillan]

39. How nice of you to trash young people that are excited about Bernie. They treat him like a rock star

Even if they all don't come out and caucus for him they are getting what is probably their first lesson about politics....

and what an exciting way to learn.

Back in the day when I was their age my first real journey into the political system was a class my freshman year of college when I wrote a report about Ford v Carter.

I envy these millennials. How exciting for them!

[Trajan]

87. Ew ...

Really kinda slimy ...

Maybe people respect his philosophies AND want to have the largest rally of the entire political season, just to brag about it ....

It is possible to be thoughtful about a candidate's platform AND desire a chance to commingle with like-minded supporters for a sense of solidarity and common purpose ...

See? ... There are many ways a person could desire spectacle AND a specific brand of political thought ... And it's just as legitimate as any other choice by any other person ...

[LisaM]

146. Did you just call me slimy?

Simply because I think people should attend a rally for other reasons than puffing up the numbers? You do know that he held a large rally just a week earlier, right?

[Trajan]

147. I didn't call you slimy

I was referring to the insinuation as slimy politics ... A smear ...

[bvar22]

15. It has been known since the 70s that The Revolution will not be televised.

We have to accept that, and use alternative media, like we have been doing.

But even with a MSM blackout and debates, and with all the powers of the DNC and conservative Democratic Establishment, Bernie is doing much better than I ever expected, and now has a chance to win the whole kaboozle.

If Hillary wins, her term will be a nightmare. Too many people now KNOW who and what The Clintons are.

[bvar22]

16. If Bernie charges thousands of dollars per seat in the stadium, he would not fill it.

Thank gawd Bernie is a Man of the People, and NOT a representative of just the RICH.

[Segami]

18. Do you have an extra $353K laying around for dinner?...

Well, come on down and find yourself a front table spot next to the Clooneys and the Clintons but don't forget to bring along your cash,..err..cough, cough,....check for $353,000.00.

[bvar22]

24. Not yet,

...but I'm sure that when my "High Paying NAFTA job" that I was promised when they sent my old job to Mexico comes through,
I'll be able to afford it.

Yep.
My promised NAFTA job should be getting here any day now.

[Buns_of_Fire]

40. Remember, though, that $353,000 is for TWO people.

So that comes out to only $176,500/person (and you don't even have to tip!). Better now?

And since the maximum is $2700, that's all you have to come up with! $2700 for you, $2700 for your companion, and all you have to do is put the arm on 128 more of your closest friends who are also willing to shell out $2700 for the chance to look at the 8x10 glossy of you and whoever rubbing elbows with royalty! (Sure beats sharing a Happy Meal with that annoying neighbor who keeps scratching himself all during dinner.)

Betcha not even Carrot Top can command THAT many Benjamins! And you don't even have to bow or curtsy (although it might be appreciated and be a factor in your next government contract). Just cough up the bucks, Maddi. I'm not kidding.

(I would have jumped all over it, but I spent this week's discretionary budget having the Bentley serviced and hiring another servant to peel grapes.)


On edit: Yes, I realize that 130 x $2700 still leaves one $2000 short. No problem. Shake down the kids. They've been freeloading since they were born, it's about time the little nippers learned what's REALLY important in life, yes?

[brooklynite]

69. Remember as well, that fundraising isn't from one (or even two) people...

...that would be against FEC rules. It's from people who encourage others to make contributions. And it's for the Party, not for Clinton.

[marions ghost]

21. Do it Seattle!

[mattvermont]

22. As Bruce was in town last night, perhaps he will show up too. nt

[angstlessk]

31. Why, yes, Bruce should campaing for Bernie like bill does for hillary

A Brilliant idea!

[DrDan]

25. most candidates for office work on getting supporters to actually cast a vote for them,

but good luck . . . . it will be quite the feather-in-the-cap

[Gwhittey]

45. But Hiullary is not

She is getting votes based on her name alone. She Started this race at a 60+ margin and now it is virtually tied in national polls. She has lost so much as time went on and more people actually got truth about Sanders message instead of the media keeping it quite. If he had gotten as much time as Hillary in 2015 this would be a whole different election.

[slipslidingaway]

60. Sanders is introducing himself to the nation, the NY deadline to register as a Dem was BEFORE ...

the first scheduled debate, two months after the Repubs!

You have to love our party leadership that delayed debates which favored the known candidate.



If you are Not registered to vote in NY you have until midnight tonight to do so.

[Eric J in MN]

29. I tweeted about it. NT

NT

[pdsimdars]

35. Remember we had the "Arab Spring" blossom from social media

Maybe this will be the first actual sprout of the "American Spring" brought about through social media with NO HELP from MSM

[reddread]

56. social media was a tool

the originators probably closer to Langley.

[suffragette]

46. Big lines, lots of pics here

http://kuow.org/post/bernie-sanders-final-pre-caucus-pitch-draws-crowd-seattle-stadium

[Segami]

48. Great & thanks suffragette for the great pic's link!

[suffragette]

50. Thank you for another great thread!

Wish I could go to Safeco today, but I WILL be at the caucus tomorrow.

[SMC22307]

70. OMG... Sikhs for Bernie.

That *totally* brought a smile to my face, and is definitely in my Top Ten of primary pics!



Another nice one:

[suffragette]

72. Oh, that 2nd pic is beautiful, too.

Thanks for sharing it!

[SMC22307]

73. My pleasure. Another good one...

A cancer survivor who supports Sanders' healthcare-for-all message. THESE are the people who matter, not micro-aggrieved loudmouths on a message board.

[suffragette]

74. Powerful message.

[Segami]

75. Ooooh, I like them both..

Very moving for me to see such communities putting their trust & hope in Bernie's candidacy.





Thank you.....

[SMC22307]

80. Yep. I'm flashing back to Dearborn, MI.

That vote spoke volumes.

[Fantastic Anarchist]

141. Would you mind elaborating on what happened ...

... in Dearborn? Do you have a link?

Much appreciated!

[SMC22307]

142. Sanders, 60% of the vote.

https://theintercept.com/2016/03/09/bernie-sanders-won-americas-largest-arab-community-by-being-open-to-them/

[Fantastic Anarchist]

143. That is awesome!

Thank you!

[SMC22307]

144. My pleasure. (n/t)

[amborin]

47. K&R

[asuhornets]

49. The question is will that translate into votes...

not yet it hasn't. Too late..

[Zira]

51. I'm at work or I would be on it. Is he at Safeco field right now? I'm 15 miles away.

[Karma13612]

54. Oh, this is such a tough call.

I don't normally call in sick at work, but getting to see Bernie, especially at a potentially history making event is certainly tempting.

I think I would suddenly have a "stomach bug" and book out of there!!

Good luck and tell us if you did wind up going....

[Segami]

55. There is still time if you want to try....

The event is scheduled to get underway at 4 p.m. Pacific time, with Sanders himself arriving at the podium at about 7 p.m. Pacific time, or 10 p.m. Eastern time.

http://www.inquisitr.com/2926192/watch-bernie-sanders-seattle-safeco-field-rally-stream-live-54000-seat-ballpark-to-feel-the-bern-friday/

[Zira]

57. Thank you! Good info. Last week I tried to see him at Key Arena but it was full. Hopefully Safeco

will not be impossible to enter. This is Seattle so that may be the case but gotta try.

[Jackie Wilson Said]

53. I hope the Bernie Sanders of the younger generation who comes along and takes the reins

doesnt have supporters who right out of the gate alienate and attack everyone not on board.

[Lizzie Poppet]

66. Projection worthy of the Bell & Howell museum.

Bye...

[PyaarRevolution]

58. If Bernie gets this number.

Will this be a Guinness book of World Records attempt for a Political rally?

If it is and he fills it there's no way MSM can call bullshit and try to diminish the number.

[CorkySt.Clair]

62. Obama in 2008

100,000 in St. Louis and another 75,000 in KC that same week.

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/10/18/obama-rally-draws-100000-in-missouri/

[SamKnause]

84. Was that after he got the nomination ???

[Segami]

88. Yes...it was in October 2008

[SamKnause]

95. I am not knocking president Obama's crowd, but I think

him being the Democratic nominee makes a difference.

Bernie's crowds will be bigger if he gets the nomination.

This event was only planned 2 days ago.

There was an issue and they stopped letting people in for a time.

Then they started letting more people in.

Something about an unattended backpack or bag.

[pacalo]

129. Thank you for asking the question; I was wondering, too.

[Segami]

131. Very short notice and the event was also on Good Friday.

That might also be a factor that could have affected the attendance numbers.....no excuses, just simply stating the facts.

Others can spin this however they want......I will say this, if Hillary inspired her supporters with the same deep 'BERNING' passion and commitment that also drives them to wait for long hours in mile long line ups just to hear HER speak,...the 'better-than-thou-posts' on DU would be spinning out every few seconds with headers typed in all CAPS.......'LOOK, HILLARY ATE BREAKFAST TODAY AND 5 THOUSAND PEOPLE SHOWED UP'.......lol!

But the masses are NOT coming out for Hillary as they have for Bernie,......and when they have larger crowds, the Hillary team needs to plan in advance in order to stage such events carefully.......The Clinton Theater rolls in and out of cities and towns, preparing their costume change along the way for every scene,.....err, I meant event that they attend.

.........ready for some...

[CorkySt.Clair]

103. He had 75k in Oregon in May

But yes, this was in the general. Also 200k in Berlin that summer. And too many 20k rallies to count during the height of the primary. Obama drew very impressive crowds that year, despite what one of your friends is attempting to imply.

Funny, we've had 8 years of the far right denying this president's legitimacy, now those who once supported him are moving around the goalposts when it comes to his crowds. But I guess I should expect that by now.

On edit: Bernie didn't even come close

[suffragette]

59. Lots more pics here

https://mobile.twitter.com/hashtag/BernieinSeattle?src=hash

Love the 'Sikhs for Bernie' pic.

[CentralMass]

63. Link to Bernie 2016 tv to watch it live

https://m.

&itct=CBoQpDAYACITCKHQ5Mac3csCFQQkfgodkAQHMjIHcmVsYXRlZEj41pTS6JumyvYB

[brooklynite]

64. Answer: no

Live video shows the second and third tiers and the outfield largely empty.

(nb - I wouldn't have bothered to respond except for the chest-thumping about how big his crowds would be)

[chascarrillo]

67. In other words, still 10x as many who bothered to see Clinton earlier this week (nt)

[brooklynite]

68. ...which appears to have nothing to do with the turnout of voters...

[Segami]

71. Maybe you should ponder

the fact that this event was organized at the last minute and supporters were only given a 48 hour heads up window.


How many supporters would Hillary get to the stadium on a Friday night with 48 hours notice?.....

[brooklynite]

76. I suppose I could...if you hadn't raise the question of filling the stadium in the OP...

...but don't you agree that the more important measure is how many supporters gets to the polls? (currently + 2,000,000)

[Segami]

77. Maybe this gathering is serving another purpose....

its a matter of perspective.

[morningfog]

86. No. The more important measure for this race is securing delegates.

[brooklynite]

89. True! Clinton + 304!

[morningfog]

91. 294! Actually.

http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P16/D-PU.phtml

Will be fewer tomorrow night.

[JudyM]

96. they stopped letting people in because of a suspicious package found.

[brooklynite]

97. ...and then they let them in again...

Are you telling me there are 30,000 people outside?

[JudyM]

99. no idea, i'm not there. i do have another idea though: hillary doesnt come close

to inspiring people at the level bernie does. so you can disparage the size of his crowd but it's still magnitudes beyond what she gets. so you might want to tear him down in your usual other ways so as not to make a mockery of her.

[Segami]

104. How many people can you find that are willing to give up their Friday night evenings..

..on a short 48 hour notice and make their way to a stadium just to listen to Hillary bark out poll-tested talking points?

Yaaah......ok.......

[JudyM]

106. (smile) good point. there are far more interesting reruns on tv.

[suffragette]

65. Local news just said people stopped from entering due to unattended bag

Apparently one entrance shut down for now.
People still waiting in line.

Update: they started letting them in again. Still many people in line.

[brooklynite]

82. DKos: timestamp 10:03 eastern

[itsrobert]

85. Ouch, EPIC FAIL

Well, I hope he got his (donors) money worth. Renting out a huge stadium and not filling it. EXPENSIVE. Probably better spent on their own bills instead.

[dchill]

98. You are the EPIC FAIL.

I'm sure you know that by now.

[nc4bo]

100. 15,000 people on 48 fucking hours notice, Friday night

Absolutely amazing!

[brooklynite]

108. I don't doubt that Sanders fans would show up wherever a speech was announced...

...my question would be: how many new voters were in the crowd?

[fun n serious]

110. I wonder why Portland had nearly double that

In a much smaller city and during working hours. I must not see how really liberal my city is. Maybe that is why I am amazed at the anger of the Bernie people. Maybe, just maybe I do not feel as bad as some do.. due to what I am surrounded by

[nc4bo]

117. I live in a redder than red Trump Rulez county in North Carolina and seeing this made me feel

absolutely wonderful!!

Lots of other cool stuff to do on a Friday night, Easter on Sunday, bowling, movie, dinner........naw - those folks were at a chilly stadium getting fired up to vote!

Love it!

[fun n serious]

119. It's not cold right now in the PNW..

We call this perfect temp.

[nc4bo]

120. I'd be freezing my butt off at about 50!! :) nt

[fun n serious]

123. Lol. Nah

Nice and cool. I'm sorry you live in a red state. Seriously, I am. I can't imagine.

[nc4bo]

124. We used to be purple but sigh.........no more. You should see what we've got going on

over here, hideous hatefulness in spades.

Check it and pray for us!:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/25/us/north-carolina-law-antidiscrimination-pat-mccrory.html

[fun n serious]

125. I read about that. I don't know how or why

people STILL feel that way. I will pray. I'll pray this spectacle of hate makes the progressives rise up and vote in your state. Maybe Apple and paypal should threaten to leave.

[nc4bo]

126. They really should threaten and make it believable enough to scare the pants off Gov'nor.

I really think he screwed the pooch on this and don't think he expected such a huge backlash. They were really sneaky about it too.

He should be sweating bullets as his job is up for grabs in November.

[uppityperson]

107. That photo was 10 am this morning. 20,000 people were there tonight.

[fun n serious]

111. Bernie was in PORTLAND AT 1PM-

[uppityperson]

112. He was in Portland at 11, and Safeco field in Sttl wasn't full an hour before that?

Yup. People were at work or home.

[fun n serious]

114. I heard 15000 in Seattle Portland is smaller and had 28000

I'm not trying to fight. I'm just curious about the difference in demographics of the two cities

[uppityperson]

133. Bernie was just in Seattle 5 days ago. This one was set up only 2 days ago after the earlier one

was packed with too many outside left outside (30,000). For a second visit within one week and hardly planned or advertised, it was pretty good #.

[fun n serious]

134. Yes it is.

Impressive.

[KingFlorez]

102. Buying your own hype and overestimating: priceless

[basselope]

118. There was still a very long line outside and around the block with thousands of more people in it at

[caduceus111]

136. Ummm....

[brooklynite]

138. Exactly; upper and middle tiers largely empty.

[dchill]

83. Apparently.

Hillary would like to fill a pup tent like that!

[nc4bo]

90. At $3,500 a seat.

Wut wut waaaah.

[dchill]

92. That's cheap!

[nc4bo]

93. You're right - $250,000! Photo op NOT included. nt

[basselope]

101. I could've gotten to meet her in LA a few months ago for $500

I passed.

They were having troubling filling the space and my friend said they could "squeeze" me in for $250.. I just laughed and explained to them I wouldn't go if she paid me.

[Segami]

105. LOL!

[nc4bo]

122. You got a steal of a deal basselope LOL. Don't blame you on the pass though, nope.

Don't blame you at. all.

[basselope]

127. I think the funnier thing was my friend posted a picture on her FB page from the event.

And it was Hillary talking to a very small crowd of people.

This wasn't one of the "celebrity house" dinners which are usually 25K per person or something like that.

I've been kinda sad that Bernie hasn't done any of the small gathering fundraisers. I was really hoping to get in a smaller room with him.. but F it.. I maxed my donation a couple of hundred at a time.

[CoffeeCat]

128. Hillary had to have a blue-light special sale on access to her!

Oh that just cracks me up.

Bernie has out-raised her two months in a row. He rarely asks for the money. It just flows.

Hillary stages these fundraisers, and is forced to put herself on clearance just to get some money in.

Telling.

[basselope]

132. TBH, I think my friend was thinking she was doing me a "favor"

It wasn't a public special, but they didn't get the response they hoped for so there was "room".

She didn't realize I had no desire to be anywhere NEAR Hillary Clinton.

[ViseGrip]

94. And 30,000 just a few days ago in the same fucking city! WOW!

[flamingdem]

109. The party needs him, especially

long term with youth.

[Land of Enchantment]

135. Only a measly 15K reported by MSbots....Lies,,

probably the best ratings they have had in months.
Best speech so far--well except for the Bernie Golden Finch speech in Portland.

[quantumjunkie]

139. +1