6.November

Election Day



There was already a line when we arrived at the polls fifteen minutes before the doors opened.  We greeted several friends from our neighborhood. 

Throughout the day I followed the local news reporting on the high turnout at each ward.  I tried not to dwell on the "what will happen" if my choices do not win.  

Paul and I went up to bed by 9:30.  It was too early to know.  At midnight I woke up and turned  on NHPR.  They called the race for Obama.  In addition New Hampshire became the first state to have an all female congressional delegation and a female governor.  

I am so proud.

4.November

Living in New Hampshire, we have the opportunity to meet all the candidates running for President.  Often several times.  During the primary the settings are often intimate.  After the nominations have been secured the venues get larger but the opportunities are plentiful.  

On Sunday, Paul and I left our house at 5:30 am,  walked to our downtown stopping along the way to get coffee and donuts.  By 6:15, tickets in hand, we were near the front of a very long line to see President Obama and former President Clinton.  After passing through security we secured a place where we would stand along with 14,000 other supporters until 10:30 when President Clinton took the stage followed by President Obama.  By the time the rally ended and we walked home we had been standing for six hours.  It was so worth it.  Just another reason why I love our little state of New Hampshire.