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DEL.ICIO.USA large but not quite smashing event for Obama
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Look for tomorrow’s Barack Obama event to be large, even impressive, but nowhere near the 20,000 who gathered to hear him speak at Georgia Tech last April.
Organizers are expecting somewhere between 2,000 and 4,000 to come to the Georgia World Congress Center on Thursday afternoon to see the Democratic candidate, plus Dominique Wilkins, the ex-Hawk, and some fellow named Usher.
They base those expectations on crowds drawn to similar events in Minneapolis, Milwaukee, St. Louis and Cincinnati. Tickets are $15 for students, $25 for everyone else.
Money is a secondary goal at this event. Think about it — the maximum take would be $100K, and really will probably be $60K or less. Work in venue expenses, and that’s not much. The ratio of dollars earned to trouble taken will be much higher at another Thursday event, where tickets start at $1,000.
The GWCC event is an effort to turn enthusiasm about Obama — which skews young — into actual votes on Feb. 5. Historically, whether black, white or Hispanic, voters under 25 are lazy and unreliable. With each donation, Obama’s people get a name, address, phone number and e-mail address, all of which can be used as cattle prods come Georgia’s presidential primary.
And remember that Georgia is close to South Carolina, which votes first.
Pack a few buses in Atlanta, and you can quickly deliver several hundred door-knockers to Greenville and Spartanburg.
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By Charles
September 19, 2007 7:52 AM | Link to this
Obama needs to find other ways to get funds for his campaign. He should ask Hillary about she gets hers through scandals and gets a pass by the mainstream press when confronted by the illegal activities. It never ceases to amaze me how biased the press has become.