obama rama, and my personal ambassador of india

in the past few weeks, three friends from nyc have told me independently that they are coming to cleveland to campaign for obama. (edit: make that four. my old co-worker in ny just told me she is taking a leave of absence from her job in belgium to spend a month in ohio with me campaigning.) and i am sure there will be more. more people who've never been here before that i get to show around! and hopefully foil some notions about the you-know-what on the lake.

i realized that it's kind of like when i was back in ny, where i worked with a girl from delhi. she was sort of my personal ambassador of india, always taking me out for chaat at holes-in-the-wall in midtown, teaching me hindi words and about indian mythology, describing bombay, calcutta, goa, the tea plantations of kerala. she looked so happy whenever i spoke positively about india or mentioned how much i wanted to visit. and i do. i think i know how she feels, at least a little bit anyway.