<p>I, too, am worried about McCain. He’s on the Today show in a few minutes, so I’ll check him out there, but in the footage I’ve seen of him in the past couple of days, he looks tired and snippy.</p>
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I didn’t see a headcount of the crowd in Boston, but it sounded smaller than his other crowds. I was just really impressed that Boston folks attended, and stayed, at a rally that late on a Monday night! I think it ended at midnight your time.</p>
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<p>I’ve honestly wondered about that myself. At times, he certainly seems like he might be entering the early stages of senility, for sure. Certainly, Reagan had before he ever left office. Regardless, I think 72 is too old for a first-term president.</p>
<p>100-year war.</p>
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<p>mini: That would be very funny-- you know-- if it weren’t so sad . . . frightening . . . . insane . . . ;)</p>
<p>Stay the course.</p>
<p>Well, I heard McCain yell in NH that as President he would follow bin Laden to the gates of hell to get him. So he still has spunk. (It’s that temper I’m worried about.)</p>
<p>Momof 2inca:</p>
<p>The crowd must indeed have been smaller than at other venues. Still, it was larger than the 700 Hillary drew at Clark University in Worcester earlier in the day. And MA is supposed to be in HRC’s column (though I seem to be living in Obamaland). Most of the establishment is for HRC, although the governor Deval Patrick, is campaigning for Obama. Interestingly, Patrick comes from the South side of Chicago, went to Milton Academy on a scholarship, then went to Harvard College and Harvard Law School. And, of course, he’s African-American. I have to say I’ve been disappointed with his first year in office. He’s pushed for casinos, to bring back revenue from gambling that keeps going to CT. But it’s been a hugely distracting issue, much opposed by the legislature (I’m against casinos myself). But we Patrick’s resume was much thinner and his agenda much more vague than Obama’s. And we’d gotten tired of Romney.</p>
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<a href=“http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/02/05/3_candidates_feed_mass_primary_fever/?page=2[/url]”>http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/02/05/3_candidates_feed_mass_primary_fever/?page=2</a></p>
<p>This has been an exciting election season. I think my vote in March in the Texas primay may actually count this time. I hope that the Democratic and Republican nominations are not decided today.</p>
<p>I think it is better for our country that more people are involved in the election process.</p>
<p>Good luck to all!</p>
<p>marite, I listened to Governor Patrick last night at the rally (on CSPAN) and I was impressed with him. He looks young. Younger than Obama at 46? And John Kerry looked more excited and passionate speaking about Obama than I ever saw him during his own campaign four years ago. </p>
<p>As for casinos, I’m with you on that one in principle, but out here in California our laws allow Native American tribes to run casinos and they have helped the tribes out of poverty and contribute a lot of money to our tax coffers. People in California can easily go to Nevada to gamble, so I would rather they stay in CA and gamble here, thus helping the NAs and our tax base (and prevent air pollution… they all make the 4.5 hour drive to Vegas from So Cal). It’s only recently that I’ve come around to this position because I really hate gambling and what it can do to people who become addicted. (a family member nearly ruined himself and his family through gambling while living in Minnesota). </p>
<p>I thought the quote from the 36-year-old man who lined up 10 hours ahead of time for Obama’s rally in Boston just about says it all. I’ve never seen politics look like this. </p>
<p>It feels more like a movement than a campaign.</p>
<p>I just heard that Obama’s Boise rally on Saturday, where 15,000 people attended, was the largest single political gathering in Idaho history.</p>