Comments on: Obama Draws 100,000 In St. Louis: His Record In America

By: Jim_Satterfield

Jim_Satterfield — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 19:06:18 +0000

The Kansas City crowd probably had a lot of Kansans in it as well.

By: DLS

DLS — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 18:53:09 +0000

I wouldn't worry about overconfidence about Obama — it'll likely be closer than people expect, but people expect him to win now, no question about it. The problem is overconfidence by and once again, misinterpretation of, the election and what it means about liberal politics and policies. That is to say, hopefully the Dems won't be arrogant and conceited and stupidly ambitious in Congress and want to hurl the nation leftward. They deserve the equivalent of 1994 or more if they do so.

By: jdledell

jdledell — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 14:07:22 +0000

These kind of crowds are also reflective of Obama's fundraising campaign. He raised in September, $150,000,000 from 3.1 million people including 632,000 new ones. The average contribution is $86 – simply amazing.

By: StockBoySF

StockBoySF — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 10:50:08 +0000

pacatrue: "One rather stunning fact however is that you don't see these massive audience numbers clearly reflected in the polls.... I don't know what it means, but it's intriguing."

I absolutely agree with you... it is intriguing.

The only thing I can think of (for this purpose I'm assuming the polls are accurate... but that's another debate) is that Obama's supporters are much more energized and want to see him, whereas McCain's supporters aren't that energized and many may support McCain because of their own racism. McCain clearly doesn't energize his supporters the way Obama does.

I still can't say that Obama will win.... but I do think it would be a stunning loss if he loses when he draws crowds this size, has a sizable number of independents and Republicans voting for him, while McCain is happy to announce he has crowds of 10-15k with not much support (that I can tell) from independents or Dems.

By: pacatrue

pacatrue — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 07:52:44 +0000

One rather stunning fact however is that you don't see these massive audience numbers clearly reflected in the polls. McCain speaks to 10,000 while Obama speaks to 100,000, and yet there's a 5 point or so overall poll difference (depending on the poll). I don't know what it means, but it's intriguing.

By: elrod

elrod — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 02:51:57 +0000

75,000 people saw him Kansas City AFTER he spoke in St. Louis.

175,000 Missourians saw Obama speak today.

That is staggering.

By: SteveK

SteveK — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 01:48:03 +0000

To be fair & balanced... John McCain held a rally today, too.

McCain says he will never concede defeat

Republican Presidential Candidate John McCain made his second stop in the Commonwealth in less than week, telling the crowd he will never quit.

According to his campaign, McCain spoke to over 10,000 people Saturday. He was at the Prince William County Complex in Woodbridge.

The Senator told supporters he would fight for Joe the Plumber and the rest of America.

"I will never concede defeat," he told the cheering crowd.

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By: SteveK

SteveK — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 23:53:00 +0000

I guess they (a 100,000 patriotic Americans) didn't get the memo about Ayers, ACORN or Obama's faltering polls.

FWIW - Mailed my vote for Obama (via Absentee Ballot) today...

Before the St Louis crowd could influence me...

And before FoxNews or the GOP starts calling them an anti-American mob.