I live in Hanover, NH. What this means is that last night, I got to choose between seeing Barack Obama or John Edwards, both of whom I have already met. This weekend, I’ll see Bill Clinton on Friday, John McCain on Saturday, and Joe Biden on Sunday. I don’t say this to brag—I hope that everyone in this state realizes how lucky we are.
As far as last night goes, I settled on Obama. He spoke to about 500 people at the nearby Lebanon High School. It was really something to look around that room, at that crowd, at those bleachers, at the championship pennants on the wall, to see Obama on that stage, and to say to myself, that man is running for President, this is small town America, the fall air outside is crisp, these people are excited, and this is how we do things in this country. Remarkable.
It’s no secret that I’m an ardent Joe Biden supporter, but I do like some of other candidates including Obama, so I think I can give you some objective observations about the event.
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