This is from the Kerry rally last night. It was incredible how many people were willing to wait in the cold rain for 2 hours to simply listen to a speaker because the inside of the hangar was LONG PAST full, with a half mile line when it was locked by the SS. Keep in mind that all of these people never even got to see the show. They were content to sit outside and pass their cheers on from outside the hangar. Wow.

Truth be told, it was pretty lousy as a physical experience because there was a lot of waiting and we were in line from the ticket time forward without being admitted. The worthwhileness was from the social experience. They were nice people.

In the words of my non-political barber: "I don't care as much about who wins as I do about the margin being big enough for people to accept the results." I also hate the idea contested registrations and poor recounts can throw a person in or out of office...and I also hope that people remember the judges and local officers who are consistent with their political persuasion, because these positions play a bigger part in determining election outcomes than ever before.

Anne already voted (I am heading out now). She said that the 4 poor old Catholic women who are running our polling place are overwhelmed. My neighbor Tessie is one of the poll workers. I will bring them some bottled water and a cheesetray (we were given a HUGE cheese tray after Lutherfest).

Incidentally, the Toledo radio station "97.5 Da Juice" (run for/by black community) is a neat election coverage station. It gives you a different perspective. And you get to hear about all the crap problems that the urban black community has to deal with. Some of the better gimmicks are: "Republicans vote today--Democrats vote on Wednesday," "flyers stating that they cannot vote for various reasons," "Sending them to the wrong polling place," etc.

Like I said, I hope for a margin so these things will not have changed an election outcome. Tonight should be a fun time of staring at results at the Brown/Galloway residence.