Breaking: McMahon has a real campaign

This is no knock on the Advance, and I regularly am critical of them. But isn't it sad that it is news that Mike McMahon has an organized campaign and have volunteers show up to the debate tonight? From Tom's blog;

The McMahon forces arrived at the debate site about two hours early, getting to the Hilton Garden Inn, Bloomfield, around 5:30 and holding a campaign rally in the hotel parking lot near South Avenue that was visible to all arriving for the event.

Is this a sign of how pathetic Bob from Manhattan's campaign is or a sign of how strong Mike McMahon's campaign is?