President Obama Kicks Off Campaign At Half Empty Stadium in Ohio

Alicia Powe | May 7, 2012
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President Obama kicked off his reelection campaign in Columbus Ohio and prepared for overflow crowds, yet the arenas was not sold out.

Mitt Romey's deputy press secratary tweeted a picture of the empty seats. More than 5,000 seats in the 20,000-person venue went unfilled at the Ohio State University venue, a sharp contrast to the campaign trail in 2008.