amethyst73 | Work and politics, updated

You can see a moment-by-moment update of Obama's progress through town today here. As it happened, he didn't visit the building right next to mine, but a building down the block in the other direction. A workmate and I happened to be walking back from lunch about 1:15, saw the (smallish) crowds hanging out on the street corner waiting for the motorcade to pass by, and decided to stick around. A CHP 'copter circled a number of times, we got put behind a police line, and eventually the motorcade came by. The windows of the (presumably) presidential limo in the center were so dark, there was NO WAY you could tell who was actually inside. (I kid you not. They coulda put the Easter Bunny or Joe Anybody in there, and nobody outside would have been the wiser.) We stood up and applauded, then went back to work. Presumably the cop cars and TV cameras will have all followed him along to his next thing before I head out later today.