The Romney camp says 30,000 people attended the rally in West Chester OH on Friday. The secret service said about 15,000 people went through the metal detectors. Bush had 40-55,000 in the same location in 2004.
The Romney boast was widely repeated in national and regional media, and the red blogosphere. It was even used to justify panic-based poll unskewing.
The Romney campaign points to an estimate by West Chester Fire Chief Tony Goller for the 30,000 number. But a local police officer estimated the number at 18,000. However, the Secret Service said about 15,000 went through the metal detectors. (Scroll to 6th 'graph.) Go figure, devices that every attendee passed through one at a time, underestimated by half. They're in the tank for Obama!
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