In the comedy club business this is known as “papering the room.”
In 2008, Barack Obama’s acceptance speech was moved to a larger venue to accommodate the crowd. This year, convention organizers are trying to move the crowds to accommodate the venue.
Barack Obama filled stadiums on a regular basis during his 2008 presidential campaign but has steered clear of them for his final White House bid.
So the decision to deliver his nomination-acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention next Thursday in a football stadium with nearly 74,000 seats has raised a basic, if uncomfortable, question: Can he fill the venue?
The president’s team is working hard to do just that by distributing free tickets at campaign offices in Charlotte, North Carolina, where the convention is being held, and throughout the state.
Residents of neighboring states such as Virginia and South Carolina will travel to Charlotte as well to fill up spots at the Bank of America stadium, the home of the National Football League’s Carolina Panthers.
Perhaps the petulant response to Clint Eastwood’s “Empty Chair” speech at the RNC last night was prompted by a fear of seeing too many of them in Charlotte.
Unable to mount a vigorous defense of his record, the Obama campaign is desperately trying to bring back some of the incredible enthusiasm and magic of his historic 2008 run, when he had no record.
A large part of that magic was fueled by the passion of young voters who, unfortunately for President Obama, can be as fickle as they are passionate.
The Obama For America campaign slogan is now “Forward,” which is deliciously ironic given its laser-like focus on traveling back in time.
If only the stage is illuminated, he may get by with far less than a full stadium.
Craig, the media will cooperate but he would have to confiscate all cameras and cell phones to get away with it.
What does any libwit have to be enthused about? Unless the evil king figures out a way to destroy the county between now and inaugeration day, the highlight of his reign was when he lied for 365 consecutive days to jam obamascare down our throats. What’s the old saying….beware of what you want the most.
On the other hand, the next few months will be the most dangerous time the county has faced in decades. Cornered rats are extremely dangerous.
Home of the Carolina Panthers? I call dogwhistle!
LOL !! Thanks for the laugh this morning.
A large part of that magic was fueled by the passion of young voters who are now switching channels in their moms’ basements.
Maybe if Obama invited Clnt Eastwood to appear…
The SEIU will be happy to rent Canadian-made busses to go and pick up all the homeless and illegals needed to fill the stadium, and on the way, they can produce the picture IDs for them so they can get in.
– of the unattended wedding feast.
Poor Clint! He had to make do with a single empty chair.
Reports are coming in now that #Occupy is going to have 10,000 moonbats loyal to Obama in Charlotte. There was a Friday Jumah prayer session scheduled as an auxiliary event to the Convention.
http://muslimbureau.com/jumahatdnc/
It was supposed to have 20,000 Muslim attendees. But the Host Committee removed mention of it Thursday evening.
Reports are that only 300 showed up for prayers, but some of the rest may still be around and willing to participate for the Democrats. They will fill the seats. After all, what could go wrong if you cram 10,000 from #Occupy and several thousand militant Muslims in there?
Sounds like a plan coming together. [is a /sarc really necessary?]
Subotai Bahadur
The Chosen One will have to bus them in from surrending states to fill that venue.
I wonder who will be stuck with the bill for all the transportation, especially w/ obama’s fuel prices? Will his campaign somehow stick the tax payer for the bill somehow or will he stick the private bus company “who didn’t build their business, someone else did” for all the cost. The obama campaign is running in the red. He can’t even control the finance of his own campaign re-election. Mean while Romney is running a $100 million surplus going into the home stretch. What does that say?