Palin in Lancaster September 9 2008
… along with Senator John McCain.
It’s official, Sen. John McCain’s crowds are now Obama-sized.
While McCain got a little taste of a rock star style crowd at a rally in Sturgis, the annual ultimate motorcycle rally held in South Dakota, that crowd was there for a lot more reasons than McCain.
Crowds have never been a problem for McCain’s rival Sen. Barack Obama — for McCain, well, not so much.
But that has changed since the surprise announcement of Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska less than two weeks ago.
Franklin & Marshal political science professor Terry Madonna said as he wandered around the crowd that “the Palin selection for veep has motivated a base of core voters in ways that were completely unexpected. It has turned a luke warm electorate to an electorate that possesses an indescribable energy level.”
The event is sold out with 7,500 tickets distributed within 48 hours. According to a Pennsylvania State trooper, they have an over-flow section in the parking lot for an expected 4,000 more.
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