obama in zanesville

ok, so...i am the last to know that obama delivered a speech in zanesville, ohio on 7/1/08....what i suspect is that not one of my blood kin who live within a stone's throw of the venue showed up to cheer...given that only myself and my paternal grandmother are/were democrats......out of a sizable clan of offspring....but i would like to think that helen, were she still alive, would have gently suggested that someone drive her to hear this young man speak.....'it's only a couple of miles'....as for my far-flung kin..... you never know how a sputtering economy and outrageous gas prices may inspire my conservative kin to broaden their horizons toward a new description of hope.....