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• Monday, March 31, 2008 09:07 PM

  @ brunnhilde

  Thanks but I'm not new to his campaign. I became a supporter the night I watched him speak at the Democratic convention in 2004. I hadn't even heard of him before and was moved by his style and sincerity. I actually remember thinking at that moment "this guy should be running for president" and started talking about him to people the next day in a "did you see that speaker last night!?" kind of way. And then he just seemed to disappear for three years to my dismay. I was expecting to be hearing stuff about him in the news from then on. So I was pleasantly surprised when he appeared out of nowhere again last summer.

  As for the danger element, I think the same thing as well. There were lots of places a sniper could've casually hid out since kids were still walking around trying to go to classes and his bus was by their dorms on a narrow little access road. I was a little disappointed that the whole exit thing happened so quickly. I was hoping that since there was only around 10 of us standing there that he might come over and shake our hands or at least say something. This happened at least an hour after the event had emptied out.

  Secret Service and police came and stood in front of us about 15 minutes before he exited and about 5 minutes beforehand asked us to take our hands out of our pockets. We all threw our hands up in the air as though we were being arrested and they briefly broke out of their stoic demeanor and laughed saying that they just needed our hands out of our pockets.

  I lamented that I only got to see his head, expecting to see all of him due to us being so close but then realized later that it wasn't just my missing something in the rush, he probably had guards purposely walking all around him as he briskly got on the bus.

  I do like Hillary, although lately she's been starting to lose me a little with her nasty comments, especially that "shame on you" business a day after her gushing all over him, but I feel the country needs his energy and enthusiasm more. I just love his relaxed style of speaking during interviews over her carefully crafted phrases whenever she speaks. He is bringing out more people who normally wouldn't get excited about politics and this primary season is definitely benefiting the Dems more, with the close race and extended campaign instead of a quick anointing like previous years. I truly wasn't paying much attention at first, thinking that PA would never have a voice in the primaries and I'd support either nominee in November, so its been exciting for me to get to participate in the process finally.

  I still think that even if he loses PA, its going to be by a much smaller margin than expected. But I'm really starting to get the impression he may pull it off, just from the people I've been speaking with over the last few weeks.

  —ClearBlueSea Read ClearBlueSea's other letters
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