I'm a night owl, so for me, it's still the historic night that Barack Obama accepted the nomination of the Democratic Party. I wish Leif had been here to see that, to watch his speech.
Leif was an Obama man. On February 19, 2008, he sent this text message to me:
"I am gonna bet that Obama is going to win and beat McCain by the biggest landslide since Nixon."
It's sad he won't be here to find out if his prediction comes true.
He was caught up in the campaign. It was one of the reasons I had begun to worry about him a little less. I liked to see him fired up about it, passionate. He loved to discuss it. He actually voted in the primary, something I had never known him to do before.
When Hillary Clinton was still ahead in the polls, he even wrote a long letter to her, explaining why she and Obama needed to stay civil and not begrudge each other, because he saw the dream ticket as the two of them.
This photo was taken in December 2007 when he was with us for Christmas. I wanted to post a photo taken close to when he sent his opinion about the race to us.
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Gosh, I hope he's right. So far that's the only candidate I have respect for... there's something about a peaceful candidate who'd rather win on his own merit than to tear down the other candidate.
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