In 2008, the Detroit Lions football team, which posted the N.F.L.'s worst single regular season record of 0-16, still managed an average attendance of 54,497 at each of its games played at Detroit's Ford Field. Yesterday, the front-runner Republican presidential candidate, Mitt Romney, drew 1,200 supporters at a rally held at spacious Ford Field by Detroit's Economic Club.
In 2008, everybody knew that the Detroit Lions football team stunk, but with the 2009 first pick in the draft solidly in their corner, Lions fans knew there was reason to hope for the future, or at least 54,497 thought so on any given Sunday. That's why they showed up to cheer for their team.
The same can't be said for Romney or his supporters. There's no first round draft pick in their future. Perhaps that's why only 1,200 showed up.
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