30,000 In An 80,000-Seat Stadium

Heralded by a mass of television and newspaper publicity the Oprah-Obama Show, starring Oprah Winfrey and B. Hussein Obama, came to South Carolina on Sunday with great expectations.

Buoyed by the news that tickets to the event, which was originally to be held in the 18,000 seat coliseum in Columbia, were being scooped up like white powder to a cocaine user, organizers decided to move the event to the massive Williams-Brice Stadium on the campus of the University of South Carolina.

The event was trumpeted by Obama supporters and Oprah groupies, with the help of the mainstream media which holds both Oprah and Obama in God-like reverence. Thus, the two personalities who are treated like rock stars decided to head to South Carolina where Democrats overwhelming support Mrs. Clinton.

Mrs. Clinton just received two weeks ago the endorsement of roughly two-dozen African-American clergymen in the state.

However, a brand new poll suggests that Mrs. Clinton may nonetheless have reason to begin to worry. Despite the endorsement of the clergymen, apparently there has been some movement in the polls, and it is not to Mrs. Clinton's favor.

The poll shows that support among African-Americans in the state is evenly split between Mrs. Clinton and Barack Obama, despite the popularity of Bill Clinton among African-Americans. If this poll turns out to be accurate, this could effect the results of the January 26th primary in a state where 52% of Democrats are Black.

Nonetheless, today's Oprah-Obama Road Show did not live up to expectations. Despite the contention of organizers that they never expected to fill up Williams-Brice Stadium, it surely must have been a disappointment of sorts to have such a wildly popular TV star on the platform with only 30,000 in attendance.

30,000 in a stadium that seats 80,000 can put a damper on the most rational of expectations. Those empty 50,000 seats can totally engulf and devour such a crowd.

I am not so sure that the Obama people can claim this as a success. After all, this was essentially an Oprah event, and without her Obama would have been speaking to a small crowd in a classroom at the University of South Carolina.

The Oprah-Obama Show Hits the Road

The Oprah-Obama Show, starring Oprah Winfrey and B. Hussein Obama, has hit the road. The pair started in Iowa on Saturday and will make their way to Columbia, South Carolina for a huge rally on Sunday at Williams-Brice Stadium, home of the South Carolina Gamecocks football team at the University of South Carolina.

Williams-Brice Stadium seats over 80,000. The rally originally had been scheduled for the coliseum which seats 18,000 but had to be moved due to the overwhelming response.

Oprah is the most popular woman in America, you know.

Oh, and she's bringing Obama with her too.

Let's get down to the nitty-gritty, shall we? Without Oprah, Barack Obama wouldn't have drawn enough of a crowd to fill a classroom at the University of South Carolina. This rally, therefore, is all about Oprah Winfrey.

Mrs. Clinton is the overwhelming favorite among Democrats in S.C., and there is no real reason to think this will be changing--except for one significant factor according a few Democratic pollsters and pundits.

Oprah is hugely popular among white women over the age of 55. Democratic political consultants think that her endorsement may sway some of these older white women to support Obama.

This is wishful thinking at best.

Many Republican women within this demographic like Oprah Winfrey as well, but there is no way in hell they are going to support or vote for Barack Obama, who basically stands for nothing except for his very public record as a state legislator in Illinois, which shows that he is against the right to keep and bear firearms and that he voted against requiring life-support measures for babies that survive failed abortion attempts.

White women in South Carolina who are age 55 and up may go to a rally to hear B. Hussein Obama if it means they get to see their TV heroine, Oprah Winfrey, but you can bet the farm on the fact that they are NOT going to support Barack Obama.

In addition, Obama has failed to capture the support of the state's Black voters, who overwhelmingly support Mrs. Clinton. Over 52% of Democrats in South Carolina are African-American.

In short, Obama is NOT going to win the state's Democratic primary.

After the Oprah-groupies leave Williams-Brice Stadium tomorrow they will be talking about how exciting it was to see Oprah in person...and wonder why Hillary had to miss the event.