Short Stories, Long Odds

In The Waiting Line, originally uploaded by jberthume.

I covered the debate from Austin for the Texas Blue and I’m proud of the work we did down there. My life has taken another one of those bizarre turns in the last few days, and I fear that I’ve been bitten by the campaign coverage bug once again. This picture, in case you were wondering, is of part of the line to get in to see Senator Barack Obama at Reunion Arena on February 20, when 20,000 of his friends and neighbors appeared to wish him well. They did so very loudly.