President Obama’s top campaign adviser, David Axelrod, tried on Sunday to dispel talk of an enthusiasm gap for Obama’s reelection after 4,000 seats were left empty at campaign event in Ohio on Saturday.
“In Virginia, there was an overflow crowd,” Axelrod said on ABC’s This Week. “The fact is that 14,000 is 11,000 more than the largest crowd that Mitt Romney has ever drawn. I am certain that we are going to have an enthused volunteer core and an enthused electorate out there.”
In 2008 it was not uncommon for Obama to attract to giant crowds of supporters at campaign events. The first two events of Obama’s general election bid were held Saturday in Ohio and Virginia, drawing relatively little attention. But, Axelrod pointed to even lower enthusiasm for GOP candidate Mitt Romney.
“The thing that we've seen over time is that Republican enthusiasm has dropped precipitously, partly because what we’ve seen from Governor Romney is all negative,” he said.
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