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So close yet so far away

As I watched the debate at Underdog's in Little River, I couldn't help but wonder: what was it that I did to be this far away from something so close? (Those who keep up with these posts may had read my last one about tmz.com... maybe I should stay off that site more and focus on my job!)

As I set up my laptop at the second-story pub, I couldn't help but realize I was sitting among ivy. Draping ivy. The type of ivy only found in one place (or so I thought): Wrigley Field. Large yellow numbers painted on a mock brick wall... ah, the place I called home for the first 19 years of my life.

The irony of sitting in the "Wrigley Field" section watching two Illinoisians (don't argue with me about Hillary!) and a Carolinian (of which I proudly call myself now) made me realize I have more of a connection in this race than I thought. And just how would I have gotten to that realization had I been assigned to the restrictive (yet understandable) media red tape at The Palace Theatre?

Combine the great food and the friendly folks of the North Strand Democrats, I thought to myself, I couldn't have had a better seat in the area!

McCain: Golf hater

Sen. John McCain, who boasts of taking politically damaging positions, declared his hatred for golf as his campaign bus drove through one of the hottest golf markets in the world.

"I hate golf," he muttered on the bus as he fiddled with the remote looking for a real game, like football. "Churchill said, it’s a good walk wasted."