It wasn't just a straight speech. It was a town-hall style forum, and the topic was education. He said education is the #1 domestic issue in this country right now. This guy has IT, whatever it is. He is just electric, I mean he had this crowd in a frenzy. The crowd was probably about 90% black, maybe 80%. To see the excitement he is bringing to these people, I mean he is like their Elvis right now. It was an amazing thing to see. He took a million questions from low-income, older black folks, and he talked to them like total equals. One guy who asked a question was a 72-year-old janitor with no high-school degree, talking to Barack Obama, and Obama talked to him like they were complete equals. He just has an extraordinary talent to make people feel good and life people's spirits. There was kids everywhere, I thought that was great to see too, to see kids getting involved in politics like this. This guy really is the hope for a new America. I met him after, it was great. Shook his hand, got a picture with him, told him how much he inspired me. Great sense of humor, great humility, unbelievable charisma. You honestly could just sense that he was sincerely concerned with the problems with education in South Carolina and nationally. What else can I say, I think he's the most exciting thing in American politics since JFK and if he does not win the presidency, I will be on a whole other level beyond disappointed.
