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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe crowd looks huge. Whats the estimate?
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I heard MSNBC yesterday talk about a,much smaller crowd than 09
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The crowd looks huge. Whats the estimate? (Original Post)
GusFring
Jan 2013
OP
According to CNN the crowd numbers are tied with the Mitt Romney concession speech numbers.
Guy Whitey Corngood
Jan 2013
#20
samsingh
(17,590 posts)1. are you counting crows?
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,153 posts)5. Well, there's Mr. Jones. And there's me. So...2?
But in all seriousness, I heard estimates of 800k. Not too shabby for a 2nd inaugural.
samsingh
(17,590 posts)22. not bad at all
samsingh
(17,590 posts)24. and no photoshops i'm sure! (unlike all things romney)
FSogol
(45,446 posts)2. There were 5 crows in my yard this morning.
Not sure how official that count is.
Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)3. I recently moved from Indiana to Texas. The crows are roughly the same size.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)4. Say what?
Cirque du So-What
(25,908 posts)14. That's HUGH!
I'm series!
southernyankeebelle
(11,304 posts)6. Last I heard was 900,000. But who really knows.
slackmaster
(60,567 posts)7. If they're really big they're probaby ravens
?zz=1
bbernardini
(9,937 posts)8. If you ask Fox News, probably around 10. nt
GusFring
(756 posts)9. what is this crow stuff?
Recursion
(56,582 posts)10. The huge crows are Karl Rove's lunch (nt)
treestar
(82,383 posts)12. +100000000000000000
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)16. Win!
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)17. +1 nt
theglammistress
(348 posts)11. Salon just tweeted 1.8 million
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)13. As God is my witness, I thought crows could fly
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)15. Pigeons can get pretty big in DC
It might not just be crows.
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)18. Battle Hymn of the Crows?
Th1onein
(8,514 posts)19. Are you talking wingspan here? Because I could give you an estimate of that.
Actual numbers of birds, though? Not sure.
Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,494 posts)20. According to CNN the crowd numbers are tied with the Mitt Romney concession speech numbers.
LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)21. Well, one could reach that conclusion if
you're only looking at the streets that have been closed.
Turborama
(22,109 posts)23. Dunno, but there's certainly enough for all the reich wing pundits who predicted a Rmoney landslide!
GusFring
(756 posts)25. fixed
The Wielding Truth
(11,411 posts)26. CBS estimate; today was a bit under 1 mil. 2009 was 1.8 mil.