Same time. Same city. Obama speaks to 6400; McCain to 700

[Viking12]

In the traditionally very red city of Oshkosh WI. Not only did people show up to see Obama, they waited in 10 degree temperatures to do so.

http://www.thenorthwestern.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080215/OSH/302150067/1987

[Zynx]

1. To be fair, Oshkosh voted for Kerry.

[11 Bravo]

2. Fair? What is this "fair" of which you speak?

I thought this was General Discussion: Primaries.

[Renew Deal]

13. Eat S**t

:argh:

:evilgrin:

[11 Bravo]

23. Pithy. Neither intelligent nor erudite, but still ... pithy.

[Viking12]

5. Winnebago Cty went for Bush by +6.25%; I don't have the results for Oshkosh

[Zynx]

11. Oshkosh City went for Kerry by 2 pts.

[book_worm]

10. What does that have to do with it?

[Zynx]

12. The OP called Oshkosh a red city. It isn't.

[Bicoastal]

3. Oh, please. Do you realize how many black people live in Oshkosh?

Why, they're practically...let's check Wikipedia...2.2% of the population!

Hey, wait a second....:think:

[Viking12]

6. Well there are those Lexus driving, latte drinking college professors

[Bicoastal]

8. HAHAHAHAHA....I've known many college professors in my 6 years earning degrees...

Not one Lexus. But plenty of Volvos and Saturns, though...

[Viking12]

21. Volvos and Saturns would be a step up....

[babylonsister]

15. Ha!

:spray:

[tridim]

4. Ouch!

:rofl:

The same phenomenon will happen in Ohio and Texas in the next few weeks.

[pbca]

7. Don't forget PA n/t

[pbca]

9. Texas is starting to look pretty good

http://blogs.tnr.com/tnr/blogs/the_stump/archive/2008/02/15/about-those-latest-polls.aspx

http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/politics/entries/2008/02/15/another_poll_gives_obama_an_ed.html

[Renew Deal]

14. That's good news for Democrats!

McCain is so....McCain :boring:

[AtomicKitten]

16. 6,400 > 700

[rzemanfl]

17. Be fair, the article said "between 700 and 800" so maybe only

eight times as many people went to see Obama. I just got off the phone with a 61 year-old friend of mine who arrived at the Kohl Center in Madison at 5:45 on Tuesday but succumbed to the cold and sought shelter. My 38 year-old daughter and my two grandsons, ten and eight, went later, toughed it out and actually got seats.

[Yael]

18. "toughed it out and actually got seats"

It gives me goosebumps that this is being applied to a primary speech.

[rzemanfl]

19. What's even more remarkable is that my oldest grandson, who

attends a very red school from a neighborhood of McMansions where all the kids have Trek bikes reported that two other kids in his class had been there.

[Yael]

20. Boggles the mind!

:bounce:

[Viking12]

22. It's a RW rag, 700 is probably an overestimate.