Via Playbook, a brutal side-by-side yesterday in New Mexico:

Crowd for Senator Obama in Albuquerque, N.M., last night: 35,000 inside the venue and another 10,000-15,000 outside.



Crowd for Senator McCain in Albuquerque, N.M., yesterday: 1,400 according to the McCain campaign, 1,000 or less according to reporters.





What's interesting here is how, as Election Day nears, enthusiasm for McCain as judged by crowd size is seeming to wane. He had more than five times this number in the same city the weekend after the GOP convention. Yes, that was with Palin in tow and, yes, that was immediately after a convention that energized the base of the party and sparked interest among independents. But, 10 days out from Election Day, McCain should be able to at least approach the crowd he had in September.

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