360 Degrees of Obama's Detroit Rally

[peoli]

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080617/MULTI/80617040/1118/rss

El Cool.

[tridim]

1. When do we get to see McCain's crowd in 360 degrees?

[madaboutharry]

2. Why is the media saying he has a problem with

white men? I saw a lot of white guys in that arena.

[islandmkl]

3. it's the white guys in the media that are his 'white guy' problem...

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

4. Only empty seats I saw were in the press section

You know, the one marked "Reserved". Sort of indicative of their prejudice, I think. Bet a lot of supporters left outside would have loved to fill those seats.

[Eclectablog]

5. No one was left outside

While we were waiting in line, we were told that if they ran out of room, people could go next door to Cobo Hall and watch in on large screen televisions and that Obama would stop by afterwards. A lot of people went there but as 8:30 approached, there were still seats available in Joe Louis Arena so there was a mad dash over there from Cobo. I'd say The Joe was about 90% full which means close to 20,000 people.

My wife took the photo and the empty section behind the media section was for assistants and media widows like me (I'm the white guy in the yellow shirt ;)