From the front

I predicted on my own blog this morning that Barack Obama would win Tuesday’s Democratic primary in New Hampshire, where I reside. From the buzz among people I know and an indescribable feeling, it seemed to be what Brits at the track would call a dead cert. This afternoon, I’m willing to put money on it, and I’m not a gambler.

While running errands today, I realized I was just a mile or two from an Obama field office. I decided to stop in and see how business has been, so to speak.

But I was thwarted. I couldn’t get near enough, the place was that busy. Cars filled the lots of adjacent small stores closed today and some people were parked on the road, half in the ditch, and quite illegally.

He has a full schedule of appearances tomorrow, reportedly with Bill Bradley, who is endorsing him. Bradley, in my opinion, is one of the most decent men ever to run for president. It is our loss that his brilliant mind took a back seat among the electorate to the perception of him as boring. How shallow can we be?

I think that chapter ends on Tuesday.

~ by ellaella on January 6, 2008.