I had an interesting experience at the Minnesota State Fair last Friday-That gives me more hope for this election than I thought possible. It is fun to be in a competitive state-finally.
Obviuosly, this is anecdotal but I detected a Passion for W that you simply don't see covered.
I have been attending the State Fair for 20 plus years.
I saw far more political buttons than I have ever seen before-
Surprisingly Bush buttons seemed to outnumber Kerry buttons by at least 5-1 at the minimum-probably more like 7-1.
The Republican booth was FAR busier than I have ever seen it-this was on Friday-usually I go on the weekend when There are more people at the fair.
My wife and I bought out Bush Buttons and left the Republican building.
Within ten minutes, both my wife and I had been approached by one person each-wondering where to get the buttons.
Remember, there were a lot of other people weraing thse buttons.
Based on what I saw, I don't think Karen is blowing smoke.
I'm doing the bumper sticker/yard sign count here in southern OH. It's 2:1, Bush, and I'm pretty careful NOT to count cars double; not to count "United We Stand" or American flags or support our troops as Bush, even when I think they are. What makes this interesting is that it's pretty clear the Dems got their yard signs and bumper stickers OUT already . . . but the county GOP isn't having its sign making party until NFL season start-day! I think this is a really bad sign for Francois.