Obama Can't Pack the House in Vegas

Not being able to fill a room isn’t a charge usually leveled at President Obama, but, the Los Angeles Times reports, there are still (relatively cheap) tickets available for a fundraiser he’s hosting tonight for Sen. Harry Reid at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Elton John and Celine Dion routinely sold out the venue; Obama hasn’t, despite backup from Sheryl Crow and Bette Midler.

“What makes this extra weird is that I bet Crow and Midler could sell out the theater without the baggage of the president,” Times reporter Richard Abowitz writes.