OBAMA CAMPAIGN FLOP – AT 8:08 A.M. ET:  This is one thing we usually don't see with Obama – a failed campaign rally.  You can be sure there'll be hell to pay at the White House.  But if this is an indication of things to come, Obama can be in real trouble.  From the Politico:

MIAMI, Fla. -- A low-dollar fundraiser here Monday felt like a throwback to the 2008 campaign.

There was the same old soundtrack – including “City of Blinding Lights” by U2, the president’s 2008 anthem -- the enthusiastic organizers and the abundant appeals for supporters to rally behind President Obama.

The one missing element? Overflowing crowds.

Granted, it was a fundraiser, not a free rally. But the empty seats were hard to miss.

The top level of the 2,200-seat concert hall at the Adrienne Arsht Center for Performing Arts was entirely empty, as were the seats along the side of the second and third levels.

"The expectation was 900," a Democratic official said, and more than 980 tickets were sold.

That's damage control. 

Tickets for the Gen 44 event started at $44, the official said.

COMMENT:  Obviously, the shortage of people was caused by global warming.  Or was it Bush?  Or Cheney?  Or Bush's economy. 

By the way, among other gems delivered by the president was a line claiming he isn't given to partisan rhetoric.  You can start laughing now, and finish at the end of the year.  This guy is the most partisan bird I've seen in a long time.

Obama is vulnerable.  The talk on the internet this morning is that Republicans, more and more, want a winner, not an idealogue whom they can cheer in defeat.  That's good.  Good thinking.

June 14, 2011