Ackerson: where’d all my support go?

What do you do when you hold a press conference and no one shows up?

If you’re Nels Ackerson, you just keep on talking.

Check out the picture from the event: you will see Nel’s is speaking, but there’s no one there in front of him listening…

A “friend” of Indiana’s Hardball even brought me photographic proof.

Ackerson held a supposed press conference in Zionsville earilier this week (on Tuesday) where he falsely attacked Congressman Steve Buyer’s long record of support for veterans.

I know… I was thinking the same thing.

Our “friend” reported that no press showed up and the only people that were there was Nels, members of his staff, five veterans, the guy who took the picture, and two people who wondered up from the nearby walking path.

And I think the two people only stopped because Ackerson blocked the path in the park.

So, let’s ask why is it that no one showed up?

(Read more after the leap)

My best guess is that Nels still doesn’t have the support of local Hoosiers like he thought he did. Reality has begun to set in and all those “Demmies” who showed up in the spring have faded off into Nel’s imagination.

It was also passed along that Nel’s held a Walk last weekend to get his material out to the voters. Ackerson’s campaign was excited because they were finally going to get all their volunteers together!

Several canvassing locations were set up and Saturday came… Well, disappointment set in when the “walk” was not well attended and no one even showed up to canvass in Avon.

I guess I shouldn’t be surprised though. Ackerson’s recent FEC filing only showed 18% of his contributions have come from within the district. 18%. That should make Nancy Pelosi proud. Better yet, over half of his donations to date have come from out of state.

Even with help from all of Ackerson’s trial lawyer buddies who like to throw Nel’s a fundraiser or three, Buyer still holds a very large lead in cash on hand.

This just proves that Hoosiers are starting to figure out who Nels Ackerson really is… more and more like Pelosi and Reid.