The candidate was more than an hour late, and the crowd, stuck in a stuffy high school gym in Arlington, was getting antsy. A campaign staffer took the stage with a big pile of T-shirts to give to those who answered trivia questions about Hillary Clinton.
Suddenly, all around me, the bleachers in the Washington-Lee High School gym shook with shouts of "Obama!"
"Oh, no," said Linda Cooper, a Chantilly homemaker and Hillary fan who was sitting next to me. "I guess she doesn't have the young people."
No, she doesn't. Teachers gave Washington-Lee students the option of attending the Clinton rally as a civics lesson, and more than a thousand kids grabbed the chance to see democracy in action. But as much as they appreciated a glance inside the machinery of retail politics and contemporary celebrity, most students seemed far more taken with Barack Obama or John McCain than with the former first lady.
"We're mostly for Obama or apathetic," said Patrick O'Malley, a senior at Yorktown High who considers Clinton "manipulative and underhanded."
If this election gets stolen by the manipulation of the Clintons and their access to the "super delegates" this country is going to erupt in anger and frustration.
I just don't see how anybody can deny what is happening right before their eyes.
It is the time for hope and integrity in this country. The same passion that is carrying the Obama campaign along is also being seen in the McCain campaign. They may differ on policy and vision, but they both share the scent of newness and the possibility of real change for the future.
And that is why it is vitally important that Obama be nominated. He can talk about change and be believed, while for Clinton it is clear that she is simply latching onto the catchphrase of the moment.
The real difference between Obama and Hillary is that he really believes what he is saying.
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