Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck's much-ballyhooed 9/11 rally staged in Alaska at an Anchorage convention center that holds 4,500 people failed to sell out, according to a report in the Associated press.

This seems rather remarkable to me in that Palin and Beck are supposed to represent the most famous and popular media leaders of the right-wing Tea Party movement. (“The Dream Team,” as the NYT called them.) Yet appearing in Palin's backyard they couldn't even sell 4,000 tickets? This continues Palin's poor track record this year in terms of drawing large crowds.

It's true, as the AP points out, that tickets to the Palin/Beck event were expensive (between $73 and $225), which may have curtailed attendance. But the mediocre turnout begs the question of why the dynamic duo set ticket prices so high in the first place. According to the AP, Beck is donating his speaking fee to charity and Palin wasn't paid. So if, as they claim, the 9/11 event wasn't a money-maker for them, why charge people nearly $100 to get in the door.

Or was the event actually first designed to be a money-maker but that plan was changed last minute when Palin and Back were criticized for trying to cash-in the Sept. 11 terror attacks?

Either way, it's amazing that together on the same bill, Palin and Beck could not attract 4,000 fans.