To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (131892 ) 5/5/2012 6:29:47 PM From: FJB 5 Recommendations Read Replies (1) | Respond to Kenyan Turd unable to attract people to campaign kick off in Ohio. The Most Hated President in History cannot even get his supporters to show up.OBAMA LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN IN EMPTY ARENA breitbart.com posted to twitter by Mitt Romney's campaign spokesman Ryan Williams reveals that the event was poorly attended. 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. 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.boasts a figure from ThinkProgress that 14,000 attended the event--70% of the stadium's seating capacity.
