If you're not doing this, well, you're just not human, are you?

 

 http://www.zefrank.com/theshow/archives/2007/02/020707.html    Try that link on for size. I messed up before, which just means that I can really procrastinate and waste lots of valuable time. Hee hee!!!

Is that so wrong?

I wanted to write again about a few more Presidential candidate visits that I haunted. The first was with a large group of folks who wanted to get out to see Barack Obama. It was a Wed. evening downtown in Des Moines at the County Convention Center. We got there and there seemed to be quite a number of people coming in. There were hordes of young volunteers and staffers that took our tickets and pointed us to an entrance. The interesting thing was that there were different tickets - white(mine), blue, and red. Depending on your ticket color you entered (and were eventually seated) in a distinct area.

 

A couple in my group - two very attractive Brazilian women and another attractive, though a bit older BRazilian woman - were picked out to get blue tickets and moved up closer to the stage. I believe, out of the three of them, one is an eligible voter. But, I am sure they all looked great on camera. Attendance was somewhere in the 2,000 - 3,000, which I found out later from volunteeers was a disappointment to the Obama camp.

 

Barack was late (candidates almost ALWAYS are) but I felt he was quite impressive. He is a calm and confident speaker. He seems very natural answering questions; Town Hall style. One of my Brazilian friends felt he was a bit too quiet, maybe a little cerebral. I found him to be cerebral in a good way, I guess, but others mentioned that they wished he'd "pump it up" a little.

 

Next, was my attendance at a Bill Richardson event. This was about the opposite of Barack and Hillary. It was politics on a more intimate level that we Iowans have come to expect (and enjoy; in my case). It was a very ugly, snowy day on the Drake campus - in fact, all classes were cancelled. Attendance was about 50-100 folks, mostly students. Gov. Richardson got a really positive introduction from the Drake Dem leader - kid must be angling for a position on Richardson's staff.

 

In the interest of disclosure, I came in wanting to like Richardson. His credentials are awesome and I'm not ready to concede a Barack/Hillary two horse race.

 

After his meeting, I AM impressed with him. He's qualified, personable, and real (or seemingly so). Will I caucus for him? There's still a long way to go. I expect to make that decision in about 6 - 8 months.