Cafferty's 4pm question: "What does 72,000 at Obama rally mean for GOP?"

[Bozita]

http://caffertyfile.blogs.cnn.com/

May 19, 2008
What does 72,000 at Obama rally mean for GOP?
Posted: 02:17 PM ET


FROM CNN’s Jack Cafferty:

Barack Obama was a part of something pretty amazing yesterday – an event that looked more like a Rolling Stones concert than a political rally.

Obama drew the largest crowd of his campaign so far in Oregon, estimated at about 72,000 people. The pictures look like Woodstock, with cheering supporters going on and on as far as the eye can see.

“Wow, wow, wow” is how Obama summed it up when he got on stage and checked out the crowd. Tens of thousands crammed into a riverside park… with another 15,000 left outside.

Obama has achieved many “firsts” in this presidential campaign: the first African-American with a serious shot at his party’s nomination, the first candidate in a long while to mobilize this nation’s youth and get them to the polls, and now crowds that could fill a football stadium.

Obama says he’s planning to go to Iowa to await the results of tomorrow’s primaries because “it would be a terrific way to bring things full circle”. Of course, the Iowa caucus is where he scored his first big win over Hillary Clinton. He says if things go “as we hope” after Oregon and Kentucky vote, he’ll have a majority of pledged delegates which would be a “pretty significant mark.”

Obama insists he won’t be declaring victory at that point, but it does bring him one step closer to being the Democrats’ nominee for president. In the meantime, his campaign has already stepped up attacks on John McCain – primarily tying him to President Bush, and has sent teams into battleground states hoping to sign up millions of Democrats in the next 6 months.

Here’s my question to you: What message does it send the GOP when 72,000 people show up for a Barack Obama campaign rally?

Tune in to the Situation Room at 4pm to see if Jack reads your answer on air.

And, we love to know where you’re writing from, so please include your city and state with your comment.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

1. Depends.

Literally. And lots of them!

[Bozita]

2. That's perfect!

[Subdivisions]

10. I nominate this post for a Duzy! KR to the OP! Hope you sent that in! n/t

[gatorboy]

3. Scene from McCain counter rally.

[Lex]

4. LOL.

I'm soooo stealing that picture.

[squawk7700]

5. Who's that guy?....McAbel?

:rofl:

[DS1]

7. Hey, he stole NBCs "Lone Olypmic athlete in the field" shot

[malaise]

9. Priceless

:rofl:

[Vinca]

12. But, I thought I heard McCain's mouthpiece say they prefer

smaller, "more intimate" venues. (Translation - we're lucky if we get 50 people.)

[nomorenomore08]

6. You know, I just got back from a trip that involved driving through the eastern parts of Oregon

and Washington - prime Freeper country, or at least that's how the stereotype goes - and while I saw numerous "Ron Paul '08" signs out in front of people's houses, I didn't see ONE sign endorsing McCain, not one. Ditto for the gun-nut paradise of Idaho and Montana. Based on my own limited empirical evidence, I don't think there's a whole lot of enthusiasm for Gramps.

[Coexist]

8. It tells the GOP to ask Vitter where he gets his protection,

so they don't mess their nice suits.

[GoesTo11]

11. This could become a problem

In the GE, crowds are even bigger. Where will they put half a million people?

Well, I guess the March on Washington worked out ok.