I was a cab driver in Moorhead, Minnesota at the time, one of the biggest towns in the district. So Mondale comes to town to wrangle votes for the designated D heir and, of course, the secret service were everywhere-- in a small Minnesota town in the middle of the winter. I couldn't help myself honking and waving at them and, even sticking my head out the window with a cheery "Welcome to Moorhead!"
Yeah, they were that obvious.
On a sidenote, the designated D (a Mondale aide) couldn't manage to win even 3/8ths of the votes cast.
The R held that seat until the 1990 election when a number of long distance calls on his House calling card was traced to the home of a female lobbyist from Virginia. Well, it was a nice gig for 13 years.
Yeah...in about 1999 world leaders (and Clinton) met in Vancouver BC not far from condo we had during my hubs work project....only time we felt safe walking at night north of downtown...crawling with secret service. ..so obvious...little black wires out of their collars...