Somehow I have a press pass to the Obama rally tonight at the Fort Worth Convention Center. I could liveblog it at Daily Kos but then I'd surely get troll-rated. I may get troll-rated here but at least if so I'll deserve it. So here you go.
7:19 p.m. The Fort Worth Convention Center arena is nearly full already and we're still 40 minutes before the program starts. That puts us at 11,000 people in attendance in a town that probably couldn't turn out more than 10,000 to see John and George come back from the dead to play a reunion Beatles show. I love my hometown but it really is that sleepy. The Wave has started. From the press area this already seems more boisterous a crowd than the one in Dallas last week. The evening post-happy-hour start may have something to do with it.
7:31 p.m. OK. This arena is now full. They're directing overflow to watch video feeds in the adjacent meeting rooms. Somewhere, the local Republican Party county chair is shitting his pants.
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