I went to see Obama tonight. There seemed to be a really good turnout here in Eugene, despite most students being gone for the break already. They filled up Mac Court (about 9,000 not including all the standing room they had on the court) and I was stuck out in the soccer field with everyone else who hadn’t been waiting in line since the morning; probably at least 5 thousand more. I’m not kidding about those lines either. There was already a line at 9 in the morning (he got in at 9 at night) and by 1 there were already two lines several blocks long. I did manage to get pretty close to the police barricades though, and got the obligatory blurry and terrible camera phone shots when he came by to shake hands.

The first thing he said to the crowd was, “I’m sorry about your Ducks”, which I think may make up for him picking Mississippi State in his bracket.