Count the black people in the audience

[dancingme]

OK. Post when you see a black person in the Republican delegation.

[oviedodem]

1. MSNBC reported that there were only 36 black delegates there

[rurallib]

2. there's a guy at the hot dog stand.

[wilt the stilt]

3. there are supposed to be 36

total. some states st the DNC had more

[Ichingcarpenter]

4. It went from 6.7% in 2004 to less than 1.9% in 2008

I posted an article on that today.

[demo dutch]

5. The most conservative convention crowd ever, that's telling isn't it

[d_b]

6. how about count the

people in the audience?

[aaaaaa5a]

9. Or better yet...

Count the number of people under 45. You probably only need one hand!

[valerief]

7. I'm glad we're not playing a See a Black Person in the Crowd drinking game.

We'd never take a shot.

[WA98296]

8. Not watching...Did they bring them all to the front?

[demo dutch]

10. Nope I don't even they seem too care to polish their image

[WA98296]

11. Are they totally energized, as reported by the pundits?

[timber84]

12. If this is energized I would hate to see what dead looks like?

[JaneQPublic]

13. I watched the 1964 convention on C-SPAN Saturday...

...and it looked a lot like the 2008 convention, demographically speaking. That's GOP progress for ya.

[calimary]

14. Count the people, period.

The whole upper seating level is empty.

I know a lot of it is from the hurricane. But there are other drop-outs and no-shows as we already know.

[dancingme]

15. I just saw one leaving the aisle during Lieberman's speech