The Daily Background
| In pictures: The house is packed for Obama’s speech
Filed at 8:57 pm, Thursday August 28th 2008
by Arlen Parsa
by Arlen Parsa
A few images from Invesco Field in Denver.
Up until tonight, it had been easier to get 70,000 people together to watch a bunch of grown men built like refrigerators chase a piece of leather around, than it had been to get 70,000 Americans together to listen to somebody who cares about the future of his country. But that’s changing right now, and we’re watching it live on television.
Think about that for a second. John McCain’s biggest crowd this season has been a paltry 3,000.
