Today I went to the rally for Barack Obama rally at the Nissan Pavilion in Bristow, VA. We arrived at about 2pm in order to avoid traffic (which ended up not being too bad) and were inside by 3pm.
It was very interesting, a very diverse crowd and everyone was generally very nice. I met some interesting people there too. A country/rock band played from 4-5 and then Virginia Governor Tim Kaine arrived. He has been a pretty decent moderate governor thus far and he was one of the first state officials to endorse Obama. He spoke for about 20 minutes. We then waited for another 10 minutes and eventually Barack and Senator Jim Webb both appeared simultaneously.
Webb started talking, he and Kaine were both pretty fiery guys. I hope that Obama picks either Jim Webb or Mark Warner as VP: having a Virginia Democrat as a running mate would provide very good balance as they are both moderate and also are lively enough to help deal with John McCain. Also, in Webb’s case, he is a former Marine who also served in the Reagan administration so he has good policy experience in both republican and democratic circles.
Obama spoke for about 40 minutes. Like most speeches from politicians, he used a lot of language I had heard before but customized it very well good for Virginia. I believe that Virginia is key to this election and will do what I can to make sure that Virginia’s electoral votes go to Obama.
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