CNN Smerconish August 31, 2019 13:03:00
Donald trump and barack obama both were able to attract large audiences. obama through 75,000 in may 2008. trump often had more than 20,000 like this event in cleveland in 2016. but don't forget, so did bernie sand here's still lost to hillary clinton despite the fact that she rarely drew crowds that size. and she didn't top 20,000 until enlisting president backe, jon bon vovvy and bruce springsteen. sanders is not alone. many candidates have come up short, despite drawing thousands to rallies. think jesse jackson, 1998. howard dean, 2004, rand paul in 2012. and even after a candidate gets the...