Just in case you guys missed these in the General Discussion forum:

Supposedly the University is spending 4 million for the honor of hosting the debates.  Now I know where all the grant overhead is going ...

Banner on the Veale rec center:


Various lamp post banners:


Things were still pretty sparse on Friday:




This morning, all the the satellite trucks showed up:


It looks like the AIDS protestors also showed up as well. You can see CASE security laying down the hammer on them and making the relocate:


The ABC News Vote 2004 bus:


I went up to the Veale center parking deck, which overlooks the area. Alas, I couldn't find any sniper perches today:


Firing up the diesel generators:


Unfortunately, I could get no further without any credentials:


Here's a view of the media stage from the parking deck:


Closer view of the media stage:


More of the mdia stage:


Some of the local news trucks:



More tomorrow...

I must say that I was pretty surprised at the light turnout of organized protesting - I guess no one likes to come to Cleveland.

Walked by the media trucks again today.


The school had arranged a bunch of activities for us on one of the fields including the MSNBC Hardball with Chris Matthews show:


Projecting on the library:


Entertainment:


Free food:


Various crowd shots:
















Watching the debates projected on a big screen - they set up a bunch of these all around campus:

You are awesome!  Thanks for the pictures they are great!