If "Gates Open" tonight at 8:30 EDT...then?

[UnrepentantUnitarian]

Barack Obama schedule...

...Kissimmee, Florida
Osceola Heritage Park
Gates Open: 8:30 pm (EDT)

...how can the "live 30 minute show" at 8 pm feature a live appearance from Obama? (...or, did I miss something? )

[Jersey Devil]

1. Easy - Fill the area around the podium with campaign staff and

then have Bill Clinton pass the torch to Obama, Obama speaks for maybe 5 minutes, the crowd goes wild, cut and wrap.

Let everyone in at 8:30 for the rally.

[UnrepentantUnitarian]

3. You're so smart, JD!

I've always said it...in spite of what everybody else was saying.

[rurallib]

2. Gates open lets you in. Obama isn't scheduled til 11 I heard

on a radio newscast.

[UnrepentantUnitarian]

4. OK, then, maybe he'd be at his earlier venue...

-- This one;

Sunrise, Florida
BankAtlantic Center
Doors Open: 4:30 pm (EDT)

(This is all from DailyKos, by the way.)

[Thrill]

5. I think thats a joint rally with Biden too

[ddeclue]

8. I'm in SUNRISE RIGHT NOW...how do you get in?

Tickets?, Lines? When do you have to be in line?

Doug D.

[thewiseguy]

6. I don't think this ad will feature the Kissimmee rally

[UnrepentantUnitarian]

7. I'm beginning to think that as well.

After all, campaign rallies have a habit of starting notoriously late, and Obama certainly wouldn't want to risk missing his big "tv special." If the speeches start at the earlier venue at, say, 7:30, then Obama would be right on target (with a little flexibility built in). Of course, that's all just speculation from up here in the "cheap seats" of (already decided) SC.

[stillcool]

9. The rally I went to..

the gates opened hours earlier than the event. Also..only part of the 30 minutes is live. Much of it is taped.