dude, they aren't even cheering for Obama...I heard a few Obama cries, a bunch of Bush chants, hell, people were just happy and for the love of God politics wasn't even under discussion there.
Most of them were college students, but hundreds were tourists flooding there form hotels around the block, people were driving into the city from all directions.
I was there for 3 hours in the middle of the crowd and i could count on my hands how many times I heard any pro-obama chant. And to be honest, there were a lot of people grumbling saying the exact same things you are saying Andy...regarding how this will help Obama