I got into the Pepsi Center once in Denver, and had to sit behind the stage in the worst seats in the house because I arrived late, that is, two hours before the program started. Every other time I tried to get in, with really good credentials, I was turned away because the fire marshal shut it down due to overcapacity. The pictures I put up yesterday of an almost entirely empty Xcel Center were taken at around 5:30pm, an hour before the program started. I don't have a credential today, so I can't go inside to witness the lonely stench of embarrassed dead-enders. But I'm watching a bit of cable news, and I see that behind the pundits who are sitting in the Xcel Center looking out onto the floor are rows and rows of empty seats.
Yesterday, even after the program started, here's what it looked like.
I'm wondering if tonight the center will be full. It should be, freakish curiosity about what will come out of Palin's mouth should be enough of a draw. If not, wow. This is the super bowl of Republican politics, and Republicans just kind of aren't showing up.
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