Hardball Big Number 80,250
Posted: Thursday, December 06, 2007 6:08 PM by Cathy Finkler
Hardball Big Number
On Thursday's "Hardball," Chris Matthews explained why 80,250 was the Hardball Big Number.
"Politicians always prefer 'standing room only' to empty seats. For a big campaign moment, a room that’s 'too hot' is better than one that has a draft. So, for Barack Obama’s big swing with Oprah Winfrey this weekend, everyone’s waiting to see just how big it will be.
We already know that thousands of tickets got gobbled up in Iowa, South Carolina and New Hampshire. In South Carolina, Obama and Oprah were planning to appear at an 18,000 seat indoor stadium. Tickets went fast for that venue and now they’re headed to the football field. Its seating capacity is more than four times the size of the original site. That’s the seating capacity of Williams-Brice Stadium at the University of South Carolina is 80,250 and tonight’s Big Number." Watch Video
