Next time, maybe a bigger room?

Went to the Ron Paul Town Meeting/Rally with the girls today.  Whoever did the estimating for how many folks might show up was WAY off.  Packed to the gills doesn't even begin to describe it.

When you are hosting a rally that you expect to be attended by largely anti-government interference types, quoting the Fire Marshall when you want the crowd to back up and shift a bit is probably not the right way to get a good response.

The kids were great duing the 70 minute wait for Dr. Paul to show up, and it was almost predictable that 10 minutes into his speach that my youngest would have to use the bathroom. 

We didn't stick around for the whole thing.  But, we did see about 2/3rds of the speach, which went for about 45 minutes.  He then repeated a shortened version of the speach for the oveflow folks out in the parking lot, which was a nice touch. 

I was more interested in seeing how the man worked a crowd than in anything he had to say.  There is nothing he could have said that would convince me not to back him in the caucuses in a few weeks, just like there was nothing he could say that would convince me he has a real chance to be our next President. 

It would be nice to see some of his ideas on the platform though...