Well, my wife in a supporter of Sen. Clinton. I know, I know ... not everyone is perfect. She's irresistible in every OTHER way.
We have a basic rule in our house: No negative campaigning. It's hard. We'll end up watching the news, or in this weekend's case, "SNL," and it's really hard to avoid the wrong word, phrase or tone when talking about the other's candidate.
But her action is spurring my action, and vice versa. I was in Iowa last week going door to door in Dubuque for Sen. Obama. This weekend, it's my turn to stay home with our dogs while she goes to Iowa for a Clinton rally and fundraiser.
And because of that, I'm going to have to make sure I get back to Iowa again in a couple weeks, and then she'll go again, and so on and so on.
But the immediate problem is this weekend. It'll be painful to think that she's out there trying to get Clinton votes while I sit at home doing nothing. So my search is on over the next few days ... what can I do Saturday to counter-balance her day in Iowa?
And I imagine this will go on and on throughout the winter.
The pains of a mixed marriage, we say.
But while I don't support Clinton and some conversations have become awkward at home, I'm really enthusiastic about the fact that both of us are involved. Sure, I wish she was supporting Obama, but there is hope to be gained from all of this. We're in an interesting age group. We're on the old end of the "too young to vote in numbers" category, but on the young end of the "too old to be knocking on doors" category.
The fact that we're both out there knocking on doors and rallying support for this country's future gives me hope that there are similar couple out there like us getting involved in a way that might surprise a pollster.
Cheers.
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