Can you feel the love?

I went looking for a local newspaper coverage of last night's very public man-lovefest between Barack Obama and Bill Clinton in Kissimmee, Florida. Most national newspapers don't have actual local reporters on the ground, so you get a point of view that completely overlooks the cultural cues of the people in the event.

It's why Jim Stratton's article for the Orlando Sentinel is so refreshing. He described the energy surrounding the event in ... ahem ... celebrity terms : People were coming from everywhere to see Clinton and Obama on the same stage because it was like seeing the improbable pairing of Elvis Presley and Bruce Springsteen.

35, 000 travelled from across the region and queued for up to 6 hours for a chance to be part of a historic night. A night in which the pretend "first black President of the United States" was endorsing as "cheerleader in chief" the real and authentic first black President of the United States.

Epic. Truly epic.