The McCain campaign has already been caught in a lie about the size of the crowds attending events featuring John McCain and Sarah Palin. Perhaps the only thing worse than overstating the size of a crowd, however, is drawing such a small crowd that even lying can't make it seem not embarrassing.
At his first rally without Palin since selecting her as his running mate, McCain attracted roughly 3,000 people at an arena here with 16,000 seats.
Sam Stein over at The Huffington Post has the photos, and simply put the optics are not good. One of the first lessons you learn when working on a campaign, whether for the Presidency or the state legislature, is that when you're planning an event you go for the room that will be slightly too small for your expected attendance -- not the room that's just the right size, because people might not show up, and even if they do you want the room to look packed not just comfortable; certainly not a room that's too big by a factor of more than five. Just ask John McCain, who today spoke before what looked like an empty room, which becomes the story instead of the message intended to be imparted. But I thought once Steve Schmidt took over, the staging of the McCain campaign was supposed to become the best in the business...
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