Secret Service agent.

When we attended the Obama rally there were many, many Secret Service agents about. Our 12-year-old daughter was drawing this evening, and when I asked what she was doing, she showed me this manga-esque rendition of a Secret Service agent.

Barack Obama in Santa Fe.

He has a very pleasant, friendly aspect, which is not the impression we had from his television persona. We shook hands.

There was electricity in the crowd; I'll admit he is charismatic in person.