I knew it would be different for Barack and Bruce Springsteen yesterday (John Kerry ended his campaign four years ago in Cleveland, with The Boss, and drew an estimated 50,000, and Kerry certainly didn't inspire like Obama does).
We took the train downtown, which is important to this story for a couple of reasons. The first is that we by chance met Joe from Saint Ohio on the platform. They're great, so open them in another tab and listen to them while you read the rest of this.
The second reason is that it gave me the title. Besides Barack's rally, there was a home Browns game. We had hoped to beat a few people to the rally by taking the Waterfront line to the Rock Hall, which meant we went right past several parking lots of tailgating football fans. For a second it looked as though one particular fan was mooning us, but it turned out she was just urinating behind a bridge pylon, hidden from view from her friends, but aimed right at a packed train.
I really wish I had video taped the walk to the end of the line, which I read one estimate that had it at a mile (I personally would have guessed much longer).
In the end, we didn't even make it to the security gate, but ended up in an overflow area from which we could still see the stage, as well as a jumbotron. I didn't get any pictures worth posting, it was dark by the time things really got underway, and Bruce and Barack were between us and the world's brightest light. Here's a couple that I found this morning:
The speech was more policy than I would have expected 36 hours before the polls start closing. My favorite moment however was when Barack asked for a show of hands of those making less than a quarter of a million dollars a year, and told Bruce not to raise his.
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