SmashMouth

College students from across North Carolina will arrive in Charlotte by the busload. Same with members of predominantly black churches in neighboring South Carolina.
Their goal: help fill a 74,000-seat outdoor stadium to capacity when President Obama accepts the Democratic nomination Thursday night.
Anything short of a full house on the final night of the Democratic Party's national convention will be instant fodder for Republicans eager to use empty seats as symbols of waning voter enthusiasm for Obama.
Democrats have been fretting for months over whether the president can draw a capacity crowd at Bank of America Stadium. Polls show voter enthusiasm is down, as are Obama's crowds for his battleground state campaign rallies.


Read more: Dems bring in crowds by the busload to fill stadium for Obama speech | Fox News


Gotta fill those seats somehow ... LOL

ScottF

Yep, should have held it in a 25,000 seat arena in Tampa

saintfan

Which would have been more honest...

ScottF

What is dishonest about it?
"Do you want a free ride to the president's acceptance speech?"
Seniors & students: "Yes, please."

No one is making them go. Seems like a pretty smart way to woo the demographic both parties badly want.

saintfan

Yeah, and they can bus 'em to the polls too while they're at it. Oh, and they'll need an ID, but only to see the President. They'd never dream of asking for proof of ID to vote. No sir. That's preposterous.

ScottF

What does one thing have to do with the other?

saintfan

You didn't get it? I'm going to have to work on my delivery.

Cruize

I once rode a bus as did thousands from my area to see Reagan speak when he was campaigning. Was that evil to? You partisan Republicans complain about the most trivial things.

Danno

And you partisan Democrats complain about just about everything except more handouts.

SmashMouth

Well... looks the venue is being moved....
Obama nomination speech moved indoors to smaller venue

Democratic officials, citing weather concerns, are moving President Obama's planned nomination acceptance speech indoors -- and in doing so, choosing a significantly smaller venue that will leave out potentially thousands of Obama supporters


Read more: Obama nomination speech moved indoors to smaller venue, thousands left out | Fox News

Weather Forecast Charlotte, NC | Charlotte Weather | Wunderground

There is indeed a small chance of rain. I guess they will melt?

I thought the President could make the rain stop! WTF?!?!


But is it really the weather, or can they not get enough folks to fill the stadium?

From Politico ...

Campaign officials have been saying all week that the event would go forward "rain or shine" — but reversed themselves Wednesday.

The move has an upside for the campaign, which has reportedly struggled to fill all the seats in the massive outdoor arena. Still, the smaller Time Warner Center only has a capacity of just over 20,000 — meaning that tens of thousands of potential supporters will be denied the opportunity to see Obama speak.

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