Barack Obama

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Along with about 6600 other people who knew this was the one in a million chance of a lifetime to be at an event where the current President of the United States was speaking.
The event was electrifying.
Tons of college students filled the pavilion to hear their President.
And there were many women, a bunch of them that were over 30 years of age, and you could just tell that they really loved the President for his political stances and for him fighting for their equal workpay rights.

President Obama hit on all of the same issues affecting the middle class and the poor in his speech in Boise that he had outlined in his State of the Union speech the night before.
He added quite a few comments about Boise State University's technological growth, and their football team's blue turf, during his speech to make his speech seem more local, so that we would realize that he was truly aware of all of us living here in Idaho.
It was not a canned speech in any regard.
He spoke from the heart.
His demeanor during the speech was comfortable and easy, and you could tell what he was saying was coming from deep within his soul.

The speech was broadcast live by at least 2 local tv stations.
And each station tried to outdo the other, acting as if they really had supported President Obama all along.
It was sort of humorous to watch the evening forecast and watch the news anchors fall over themselves praising President Obama.
Yet, at the same time, it gave me an enormous sense of pride, and gratitude, that they both displayed a proper level of respect towards President Obama's visit here, even though they have disagreed with his policies over the years.

Yes, Idaho is a red state.
But, the biggest takeaway from President Obama's speech was that the United States is not a conglomeration of red states and blue states.
You could sense the urgency in his words explicating how members of Congress should stop acting only as Republicans, or only as Democrats, and instead to act like Americans, working together to solve the issues we face today.

We had a really heavy fog that set in the valley early that morning.
But, it burned off about an hour before the President's plane touched down in Boise.

For the rest of the day, the skies were clear blue.
Not a cloud in the sky.

Man, it was magnificent.