If, in a county where President Obama won 69% of the vote less than two years ago, the President cannot fill a Community College Recreational Center with a scheduled event, you might consider that to be newsworthy. Apparently the Mainstream Media did not.
Final results from the 2008 election show President Obama won the state of Ohio by a substantial amount. A quick check of the final numbers shows Obama with 2,933,388 votes and McCain lagging behind with 2,674,491. An election night drubbing, in a state that was considered by many media pundits to be a “battleground state.”
Looking at the final results via the county maps of Ohio you can see where the President’s strength was centered, mostly in large cities like Cincinnati, Toledo, Columbus and of course Cleveland. Drilling down further we find that Obama beat McCain by a huge margin in Cuyahoga Country so logically that would be a place to hold a Presidential Pep Rally kicking off the mid-term election season. After beating John McCain by better than a 2:1 margin less than two years ago, one must wonder why the President’s recent speech from Parma, Ohio did not have a full house? Additionally one must wonder why the MSM did not pick up on this fun fact?
The local media gave it a quick mention, but the mainstream national media seems to have missed out on reporting it. With less than an hour to go, organizers had to put out the call to buildings on campus, scouring the cafeteria and coffee shop for students to fill the seats. C-Span’s feed was primarily a very tight shot giving the impression that the place was packed.
My other question on this issue; If the event was not a sell-out at least 48 hours before the scheduled start, shouldn’t it have been blacked out?
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