I woke up with an usual sense of hope and pride this morning. Just across the river from me, Senator Obama claimed the top of the Democratic ticket last night. I still don't quite understand why he picked St. Paul to speak...some say it's because the Republican convention will be here in August...but it really doesn't matter. He spoke last night in the Excel arena which holds 20,000 for a Bruce Springsteen concert. At 7 pm last night 50,000 people were lined up in the streets of St. Paul waiting to get in to hear Senator Obama. I call that extraordinary. They say that Minnesota is now a swing state, but I don't believe it. I still see Wellstone bumper stickers on cars everywhere I go. I think we just haven't had the right Democrats on our ballot for 8 years. And now we do.
(I, um, borrowed the map from News Cut, my favorite source for behind-the-scenes information on news in Minnesota. Click here for a great post on the Obama line.)
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