The upcoming presidential election is a big one for the United States--historic and so very crucial (healthcare, the economy, national security and our relations with the rest of the world, education, the environment). I went with Angela on Saturday to the Obama rally in New Hampshire. I woke up at 4:30am (!) and Angela picked me up at 5:30 am so we could arrive in NH at 7am and line up for the rally which started at 10:30am. We had an awesome view of Barack Obama, right up front--he looked so young and he's so charismatic in person. He makes eye contact with everyone in the audience (I was certain he was looking directly at me during sections of his speech). The rally was a lot of fun and there was an interesting cross-se
ction of
people in attendance--there was one woman standing in front of us with a semi-mullet haircut, clapping her hands and singing and dancing and trying to excite the crowd with her Obama chants--She was an odd little bird--I wanted to like her but it was just too early in the morning. Her performance seemed manufactured. However, when Obama came on stage, the crowd went wild. He spoke for about an hour and touched upon many important topics. Ultimately what comes across is someone who cares about people, who has too much integrity to run a negative campaign. He's a real gentleman.
The upcoming presidential election is a big one for the United States--historic and so very crucial (healthcare, the economy, national security and our relations with the rest of the world, education, the environment). I went with Angela on Saturday to the Obama rally in New Hampshire. I woke up at 4:30am (!) and Angela picked me up at 5:30 am so we could arrive in NH at 7am and line up for the rally which started at 10:30am. We had an awesome view of Barack Obama, right up front--he looked so young and he's so charismatic in person. He makes eye contact with everyone in the audience (I was certain he was looking directly at me during sections of his speech). The rally was a lot of fun and there was an interesting cross-se
ction of 
people in attendance--there was one woman standing in front of us with a semi-mullet haircut, clapping her hands and singing and dancing and trying to excite the crowd with her Obama chants--She was an odd little bird--I wanted to like her but it was just too early in the morning. Her performance seemed manufactured. However, when Obama came on stage, the crowd went wild. He spoke for about an hour and touched upon many important topics. Ultimately what comes across is someone who cares about people, who has too much integrity to run a negative campaign. He's a real gentleman.
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