Friday, May 29th, 2009...12:17 pm
Interesting
Earlier this week, John McCain made an appearance in Southern Arizona. This was likely done to make it so carping bloggers like myself would stop writing that he never comes down here.
He visited Baja Arizona on Tuesday for a town hall in Marana. According to the Arizona Daily Star (Emphasis mine):
Whether it was efforts being made to turn around the economy, President Obama’s nomination of Sonia Sotomayor for the Supreme Court or U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s CIA allegations, McCain told the crowd of more than 200 people at the Marana Municipal Complex that today’s America is a direct result of last November’s voting.
Okay, 200 people came out to see Senator John McCain, who has represented our state since 1983, is a nationally recognized celebrity and one year ago was a serious contender to be leader of the Free World.
Hmm. So, how many people came out to see a town hall put on that same day by Gabrielle Giffords, a congresswoman who is barely in the middle of her second term? Let’s see what the Star says:
About 1,000 people filled the auditorium at Sahuaro High School for a town hall meeting focusing on national health-care overhaul — twice the number expected by organizers from the Tucson office of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz.
200 people? Anyone know what the attendance at a Tucson Monsoon game is?
4 Comments
May 29th, 2009 at 1:58 pm
Marty DeBergi: The last time Tap toured America, they where, uh, booked into 10,000 seat arenas, and 15,000 seat venues, and it seems that now, on their current tour they’re being booked into 1,200 seat arenas, 1,500 seat arenas, and uh I was just wondering, does this mean uh…the popularity of the group is waning?
Ian Faith: Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no…no, no, not at all. I, I, I just think that the.. uh.. their appeal is becoming more selective.
May 31st, 2009 at 7:54 pm
I wish someone with serious backing would run against McCain.
Though his support is broad, it is not deep. I don’t know very many people, either Republicans or Democrats who get really fired up to support McCain, I think a candidate who could inspire people to support them could do quite well against McCain, and very possibly take him down.
People look at his margin vs. Stu Starkey in 2004 but they forget that Stu had practically no resources, no name recognition and no real background to campaign on. A serious candidate could beat McCain, I’m sure of it.
June 1st, 2009 at 8:48 am
Paton in 12.
June 1st, 2009 at 2:26 pm
Tom:
Tucson’s not a big college town.