why so many empty seats at the debate ?

[JI7]

usually these debates are filled, but this one has a bunch of empty seats. do you all think most people actually watch the debate themselves, or get news of it from post debate spin by pundits ?

[JI7]

1. did any local stations run it ?

did any local stations in south carolina run this debate ? if it was only shown on msnbc and now on cspan then i'm thinking it's mostly people who have been following the elections already who watch.

[BootinUp]

3. I remember reading that it was on all NBC affilliates in SC

[rpf113]

2. Did you notice how massive the auditorium was?

It was about the size of all the other venues combined. Looked that way to me anyway. That might explain it.

[Bronco69]

4. Maybe some of the people are like me

and they are just tired of debates. Bring on the GE debates and let's watch bush* get his butt kicked. :-)

[terrisel]

5. Invitation Only

I just got an email from someone who was at the site and said he would have liked to get in but wasn't able to because it was "by invitation only".