As I explained in this diary on primary day, I LOVE to Vote, my county is about 96 percent Republican so not only am I resolved to almost never voting with the majority, I also certainly never expect to see a Democratic candidate or surrogate in person.
So imagine my surprise on Monday, the day before the Virginia primary, when THIS happened:
The former President didn't stay long, but he drew a crowd, signed autographs and schmoozed with the locals. Caused quite the commotion downtown (the local paper described his stay this way: Main street "went from almost deserted to a place of excitement" --- and that's HUGE hyperbole by our standards.)
But, alas, this was the result:
And the lede in that story was:
Obama won 57 percent of the Democratic votes in the county to Clinton's 42 percent. The raw numbers?
1,952 to 1,420.
I'm sure there's no real significance to all this... I just thought it was interesting that after years of Democratic Party anonymity we finally get some attention and not just ANY attention -- We get an on-the-ground, in-person visit from the Big Dog himself!!
And the paw print was negligible.
P.S. Full Disclosure: We do have one other claim to the famous, or perhaps, infamous: None other than Linda Tripp (not John Goodman) does semi-regularly attend one of our local antique auctions.
Crossposted at DailyKos