WASHINGTON – What does New York get for pumping $13.5 million into the Kerry campaign? Crummy seats at the back of the convention hall.
The bulk of New York’s 284-member Democratic delegation will be penned in a section off the convention floor more than 100 feet from the Fleet Center stage – well behind the choice seats given to delegates from the prized battleground states.
New Yorkers will have a nearly straight-on view of the action, but will have to peek over the heads of folks from Iowa, Oregon, Florida and Delaware to follow the action.
Kerry is battling for every vote in those states, while he has a 28-point lead over President Bush in New York.