Thank you for that entry. Excellent read.

I just wanted to point out that I have tried to watch some of the current candidates get out there and have their "town meetings" on C-span. Hillary is the only one I've seen who has been separated from the audience by being within a roped off area. Take that for whatever its worth. It may well have to do with her status as a former First Lady.

I have seen parts of meetings by Dennis Kucinich, Rudy Giuliani, Obama and Hillary. I have not seen Obama in a similar intimate setting so far. Kucinich is the only one that I've seen that has me wanting to know more.

But its still early.