Oprah introduces then-Senator Obama at Williams-Brice Stadium (Source: flickr.com/whileseated)
Remember when nearly 30,000 people packed into Columbia’s Williams-Brice Stadium for Barack Obama’s rally with Oprah Winfrey back in 2007? Now take a look at the Mitt Romney event today at Ford Field in Detroit:
A comparative handful of people turn out for Romney's rally at Ford Field (Source: @MattOrtega)
Not exactly the most enthusiastic turnout, I’d say. And lest you think everyone at the Williams-Brice rally were only there to see Oprah, ThinkProgress dug up this photo from an Obama rally at the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut that was completely Oprah-free:
Obama supporters fill the XL Center in February 2008 (Source: leversandpulleys.com)
