1.0 link 126490 <![CDATA[McCain's Crowd Numbers Plummet In Palin's Absence]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/15/mccains-crowd-numbers-plu_n_126490.html John McCain returned to the campaign trail on Monday, only this time without his popular vice presidential pick, Sarah Palin. The results were somewhat less than enthusiastic. As reported by MSNBC's First Read, the Republican presidential nominee addressed a crowd of roughly 3,000 people in a stadium that seats 16,000.

The pictures, however, tell many more words. The Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena where McCain spoke had large swaths of sections entirely empty, an American flag draped over the seats.

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