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    Obama-Springsteen Crowd Lower Than Kerry In 2004

    What does it mean? We'll find out tomorrow.

    The crowd for President Barack Obama's final rally in Wisconsin with Bruce Springsteen is falling short of the audience John Kerry drew with the musician in 2004.

    The White House put the crowd at 18,000 for Obama and The Boss in Madison Monday morning, far less than the 80,000 the defeated Democratic nominee drew eight years ago just before the election — a turnout that caused a small panic inside the Bush campaign.

    The Journal-Sentinel reported:

    In the run-up to the 2004 election, an estimated 80,000 people showed up to see Democratic nominee John Kerry and Springsteen in downtown Madison as Kerry campaigned toward winning the state but losing the election. On Oct. 4, an estimated 30,000 people turned out to see Obama on the UW-Madison campus.

    Springsteen also drew 50,000 to a rally for Obama at Ohio State University in Columbus in 2008.