19,000

That is the number of people in the crowd that Senator Obama drew this past Saturday in Columbus, Ohio. At face value that number is not impressive to a lot of people. Having lived in Columbus for my entire life, that number is unheard of on a Saturday in which Buckeye football is king. For those of you who do not know, almost everything stops in Columbus on game day when Ohio State takes the field. Easily 200,000 people come to campus for the game and other events that might be related. Not everybody goes into the game, which leaves a large portion of that crowd left outside to tailgate or find a TV to watch the game. With that said, the fact that he could get that many people to come to a rally on a beautiful day when the Buckeyes were playing, really shows me that this guy is for real.