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It looks like those hysterical--fainting crowds are a distant memory for Barack Obama. Obama starts his campaign at Ohio State University.
Obama launches re-election campaign at Ohio State | The Columbus DispatchBut the event fell short of the 20,000 supporters the campaign had forecast as organizers moved people from seats to the arena floor in front of the dais to project fullness to television audiences. Obama volunteers had worked feverishly over the last week to gin up a crowd, making multiple calls to residents believed to be supportive of the president.
Twitter was abuzz with photos and comments about vast areas of empty seats in the arenas upper deck.
Noting that the Obama campaign had predicted an "overflow crowd," Williams said, "This arena was not full so the president failed to meet the bar his campaign set."