◼ Today was the "official" kickoff of the Obama reelection campaign and, judging by the activity on the official Obama 2012 website, there's a serious, serious problem. - Doug Ross
Even the photos on the website were carefully manipulated to make it appear that Ohio State's Schottenstein Arena was filled. Only it wasn't.
◼ OBAMA LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN IN EMPTY ARENA - Alexander Marlow/Breitbart's BIG Government
- The Other McCain
◼ Not The 'Overflow' Crowd Obama Hoped For - FOX
Even the photos on the website were carefully manipulated to make it appear that Ohio State's Schottenstein Arena was filled. Only it wasn't.
◼ OBAMA LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN IN EMPTY ARENA - Alexander Marlow/Breitbart's BIG Government
A photo posted to twitter by Mitt Romney's campaign spokesman Ryan Williams reveals sparse attendance. The above image, according to Williams, was taken during the President's first official campaign speech.◼ Not #ReadyToGo? New Hashtag Doesn’t Fill Ohio Arena for Obama Campaign
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.
- The Other McCain
◼ Not The 'Overflow' Crowd Obama Hoped For - FOX
President Barack Obama today kicked off his re-election campaign in must-win Ohio.The Romney campaign kept a close eye on the proceedings. Romney’s national press secretary, Ryan Williams, found his way to a seat in the arena and later characterized the speech as "a retread, a cut-and-paste job of President Obama’s 2008 campaign rhetoric.◼ #Obama2012 campaign officially kicks off today – unofficially going on since Day 1 - Sister Toldjah
"Unfortunately," Williams continued, "for him this time around he has a record to defend, a record of exploding deficits, job losses and fiscal mismanagement in Washington." Twitter was abuzz with photos and comments about vast areas of empty seats in the arena’s upper deck.
