as you may or may not know, i'm interning for a gubernatorial campaign this summer (which i love), and the campaign was so wonderful as to acquire tickets for 5 of the interns to go down to racine for president obama's town hall meeting on the economy.
timeline:
8:00 am - leave fond du lac for milwaukee
9:30 am - leave milwaukee for racine
10:15 am - arrive in Racine, find the line to wait to get into the hall
11:00 am - doors schedule to open
11:30 am - line starts moving
12:15 pm - find seats in the center balcony
1:10 pm - national anthem and pledge of alegience
1:20 pm - president obama begins opening remarks
Needless to say, there was a lot of waiting and milling around. anyways... after seeing president obama speak, i have determined (and i know that the world hangs on my every word) that campaign barack is back. He still has the skip in his step, the measured, spontaneous, self depricating humor, and the beaming smile you can feel from 200 feet away.
it was inspiring. and moving. president obama will be here to stay. there will be challenges during the midterm elections for sure, but once the president gets back on the campaign trail in 2012, all will be well with the world. that time can't come soon enough for some of us.
peace, love, and president obama,
amanda
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