Random last minutes thoughts from Des Moines

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7. They closed Forest Avenue at 10:00 yesterday morning.

That's the street that runs in front of the Knapp Center where Trump is speaking tonight at 7:00 PM. The rationale was that Trump supporters would be lining up 36 hours ahead of the speech (in 25-32 degree temperatures). When I drove by there yesterday morning, about 9:00 AM, there was one -- ONE -- guy sitting in a lawn chair next to the Keep America Great sign. That brought a smile to my face, and a finger to my hand.

This morning the street was closed, and I couldn't see if there were hoards lined up in breathless anticipation of hearing Dear Leader say criminalublublubLOOK! But one block south on University Avenue, there were no throngs in red hats streaming toward the Knapp Center. Maybe all 7400 seats will be taken tonight, but so far I haven't seen a whole lot of enthusiasm.