Saturday, August 14, 2004
A picture is worth a thousand words...
The official Kerry-Edwards blog (source of the pic) claims 60,000 showed up at the resulting rally yesterday in Portland. The Portland Fire Marshal estimated 50,000. Either way... the Bush rally across town attracted 2,300 by the Bush team's own estimate.
Kerry in Portland:
Close up:
Source
Bush in Portland:
Source
Needless to say the Bush people didn't release any photos that panned the crowd... for obvious reasons.
It should be pointed out that these rallies were held in the Portland Metro area - traditionally Democratic turf. But, the day before, Kerry drew a crowd of 6,000 in Central Point, Oregon. Jackson County (home to Central Point) went heavily for Bush in 2000. Two weeks ago Cheney held a rally in the exact same building and only drew 3,000.
I'm thinking that Kerry's going to win Oregon, with or without Nader.
***Update***
This Jack Ohman political cartoon illustrates the difference between the Bush and Kerry rallies very succinctly. Ohman draws for the Oregonian's OP/ED section.
Hat tip to NegSpin for pointing it out.
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