The crowd looks huge. Whats the estimate?

[GusFring]

Last edited Mon Jan 21, 2013, 01:59 PM - Edit history (1)

I heard MSNBC yesterday talk about a,much smaller crowd than 09

[samsingh]

1. are you counting crows?

[Tommy_Carcetti]

5. Well, there's Mr. Jones. And there's me. So...2?

But in all seriousness, I heard estimates of 800k. Not too shabby for a 2nd inaugural.

[samsingh]

22. not bad at all

[samsingh]

24. and no photoshops i'm sure! (unlike all things romney)

[FSogol]

2. There were 5 crows in my yard this morning.

Not sure how official that count is.

[Buzz Clik]

3. I recently moved from Indiana to Texas. The crows are roughly the same size.

[PoliticAverse]

4. Say what?

[Cirque du So-What]

14. That's HUGH!

I'm series!

[southernyankeebelle]

6. Last I heard was 900,000. But who really knows.

[slackmaster]

7. If they're really big they're probaby ravens

?zz=1

[bbernardini]

8. If you ask Fox News, probably around 10. nt

[GusFring]

9. what is this crow stuff?

[Recursion]

10. The huge crows are Karl Rove's lunch (nt)

[treestar]

12. +100000000000000000

[jberryhill]

16. Win!

[NCTraveler]

17. +1 nt

[theglammistress]

11. Salon just tweeted 1.8 million

[Fumesucker]

13. As God is my witness, I thought crows could fly

[jberryhill]

15. Pigeons can get pretty big in DC

It might not just be crows.

[MoonRiver]

18. Battle Hymn of the Crows?

[Th1onein]

19. Are you talking wingspan here? Because I could give you an estimate of that.

Actual numbers of birds, though? Not sure.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

20. According to CNN the crowd numbers are tied with the Mitt Romney concession speech numbers.

[LiberalElite]

21. Well, one could reach that conclusion if

you're only looking at the streets that have been closed.

[Turborama]

23. Dunno, but there's certainly enough for all the reich wing pundits who predicted a Rmoney landslide!

[GusFring]

25. fixed

[The Wielding Truth]

26. CBS estimate; today was a bit under 1 mil. 2009 was 1.8 mil.