(no subject)

Wow. When you're at a political event, and the mayor makes a crack that it's a good thing he gave the fire marshal the day off because the building is over capacity, and you're in an arena which will hold 18,000+ it's a little overwhelming. When you hear that there are over three thousand people still outside, it's even more amazing.

Thoughts on the Obama speech

Senator Obama simply amazed me, and the crowd was stunning. Aside from the sheer numbers, the single part which stands out was his response to the audience member who fainted or otherwise fell out- not only was he enough connected with the audience to notice, but tossed her a bottle of water, asked if there was a chair or something which could be brought for her, asked for EMTs or the like in case it was more serious, and only after that managed to get back to his speech. Really sent the message that he cares for the ordinary people.

I didn't realize how much Obama reacting to the fainting woman affected me until talking with one of the staff at our local grocery and telling her about the event- I found myself getting a little misty at thethought that there's a candidate out there who sees people, not merely voters. I'm officially no longer undecided going into tomorrow's caucus.