Obama: Familiar face
Helping to coordinate media at the Barak Obama event: Laura Stromberg, former spokeswoman for Kinky Friedman.
Laura took her share of heat during the uproar over Kinky's old comedy routines, which his detractors (read: opponents) said were racist. She got blasted by a lot of Democrats for her candidate's not-liberal-enough-for-the-party stances on things like abortion and immigration.
And yet, there she was, a proud, badge-wearing volunteer for Texans for Obama, a liberal black Democrat that many of her detractors (read: opponents) are hoping will win the nomination in 2008. There she was, coordinating the press types and cheering along with the other 20,000 spectators.
I could have sworn I took her picture, but none of her images showed up on film. Interesting.
OK, I made that up. I didn't think about taking her picture because ... I forgot the camera. You'll just have to trust me.