Coleman’s booth is completely empty:
And here are the good guys (contrary to Michael’s post, it was very busy):
I also thought this was kind of interesting. McCain’s booth seems pretty impromptu and takes the very Minnesota friendly approach of making a strange attack the center of attention (that tube on the top is supposed to be a tire pressure gauge) even though McCain agrees that people should inflate their tires to save gas: “I agree with the American Automobile Association. We should all inflate our tires.” It didn’t matter much, because there were only a couple people at McCain’s booth. Meanwhile there were a couple dozen people in line in front of the Obama booth waiting just so they could get a button!
Update [Aaron]: I was at the Fair last Saturday and noticed the same thing. I didn’t really post anything because it doesn’t even need pointing out — it’s clear that nobody cares about Coleman in comparison to Franken if you actually go to the fair. Here’s some more proof. I also got a bunch of photos emailed to me from readers. Team Coleman will try to take any jab they can get.
I think it would be fun to hang around & document what Perot used to call “a sucking sound” at Coleman’s booth.
I’m sure there’s a local cosmological event, perhaps a black hole - that is responsible for sucking all the air out of
this universe & maybe even teleporting Coleman supporters to another.
So don’t think of the Coleman booth as being empty. Think of it as another, empty, universe.
Hey! When I was at the State Fair last week, I saw one guy (and only one) wearing a big huge button of McCain’s image with the word ‘hero’ on it, presumably for his 5.5 years of service as a POW in Vietnam.
Wonder how many leftovers of those buttons, and what the sale price is on them now?
Obama buttons were ‘out of stock’ at the DFL booth, and people were going to the Obama booth to que up for them.
I saw the triple candidate bumper sticker on my way home from work today
Vets for Madia, Franken, and Obama ‘08
still waiting to see either a norm or mccain yard sign, come to think of it, i haven’t seen either as a bumper sticker either!
Microcosm of the Democratic and Republican conventions this year. Indeed it mirrors the polling on partisan enthusiasm.