Following on Henry’s point, a reader in Farmington Hills, Michigan writes:
I was a volunteer that worked the MI rally yesterday at the Silverdome. I had the job of letting people in along with several other volunteers. This gave me the opportunity to speak with and observe lots of people. I was impressed with the massive Jewish turnout and the "Jews for Bush" were very vocal and organized and passed out free Tshirts and bumper stickers. I spoke with one of the members and he assured me the Jewish community in the Detroit area was strongly pro Bush. Also, President Bush met with many prominent African American pastors before the Rally and they joined him on stage. Speaking with a fellow volunteer who is AA, she said that there are many in her community for Bush. I wish they were more visible, but I have a hopeful feeling that many will vote for Bush in the privacy of the voting booth.
We had a crowd estimated by the media at 25,000, so it was at /least/ that large. They were very enthusiastic, they had phone banks going all day, and they were signing up volunteers for the 72 hour GOTV push.
