Still, I can’t help but feel that the Return on Investment on this one wasn’t all that:
According to disclosure forms with the Federal Election Commission, President Obama’s reelection team appears to have paid $92,751.50 to rent the Ohio State University’s Jerome Schottenstein Center, the site of the campaign’s much touted kick-off even in May.
Via Instapundit. The problem for Team Obama, of course, is that they paid ninety-two thousand, seven hundred and fifty one dollars (and fifty cents: gotta wonder what that one was for) for a 20,000 seat stadium that they managed to only get 14,000 to fill. For Obama’s kickoff event. Which was held in a college town. And, admittedly, which I had already mocked at the time; still, I hadn’t realized quite how much money the Obama campaign had wasted on that event.
That’s probably it, with one important caveat:. I hope nobody got fired over this.
No, really. I hope nobody got fired.
Moe Lane
I think it’s a win-win, Moe.
If Team Choom* keeps the incompetents around, we get several more months of comedy gold.
If someone gets “laid off”, then .. we get to re-edit all the “Romney-as-layoff-artist” hit pieces.
Not seeing a downside here.
Mew
* Not saying this explains anything, just observing…
Do not forget the other logistical costs associated with the event, and the morale costs for the people who organized it and watched the kick-off go flop. This event hurt.
I cheerfully encompass my enemy’s DOOOM!!!!!!
Seriously, I love watching Obama’s team take punches in the nads.