“The president, who had been warned aboard Air Force One that the crowds at the arena were smaller than expected, was stunned, and he yelled at aides backstage while looking at the endless rows of empty blue seats in the upper bowl of the stadium.” NYT: The President’s Shock at the Rows of Empty Seats in Tulsa.

+ I covered the rally yesterday, with a little help from the Neil Diamond song, I Am I Said. I’d never call my own work genius, but if someone else had written it, I would give it that label. The song just works for the moment.