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Curtains for the Clintons, by Maureen Dowd

The Clintons can only fill a small part of a large arena in Toronto, although tickets by showtime were going for less than $10. Maureen Dowd notes that Michelle Obama is packing them. She didn’t not that President Trump is too. From Dowd at nytimes.com:

Empty seats at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto last week during Bill and Hillary Clinton’s speaking event.CreditCreditShawn McCreesh/The New York Times

TORONTO — The snow is falling lightly.

My thoughts are racing darkly.

I’m feeling something foreign, something I’ve never felt before. It takes me a moment to identify it.

I’m feeling sorry for the Clintons.

In the 27 years I’ve covered Bill and Hillary, I’ve experienced a range of emotions. They’ve dazzled me and they’ve disgusted me.

But now they’re mystifying me.

I’m looking around Scotiabank Arena, the home of the Toronto Maple Leafs, and it’s a depressing sight. It’s two-for-the-price-of-one in half the arena. The hockey rink is half curtained off, but even with that, organizers are scrambling at the last minute to cordon off more sections behind thick black curtains, they say due to a lack of sales. I paid $177 weeks in advance. (I passed on the pricey meet-and-greet option.) On the day of the event, some unsold tickets are slashed to single digits.

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