While moving through the security line yesterday, which was considerably longer than the day before, I struck up a conversation with a friendly young Obama delegate from Pittsburgh named Jennifer. I sought her opinion on Michelle Obama’s speech; Jennifer thought Michelle came off as a very human, middle-class mom. Without any prompting from me, she expressed frustration that McCain was painting Barack and Michelle as elitists when they had to work their way up to their current station in life, while McCain was born with many advantages. She felt that the Obamas truly represented "the American dream." What can I say? We Jennifers think alike.
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