Hillary comes to Redmond

If you live in Seattle and somehow haven't seen the front page of the Seattle Times, the P-I or other local rags, Hillary Clinton has graced us reliable liberals with her presence over not one day of fundraisers, but two.

Despite what pundits are calling an impeccably-managed campaign, Hillary trails Obama and John what's-his-name in fundraising in the state of Washington.  In an effort to play the catchup game, Hillary packed her schedule with events, each one fetching a solid $2,300 per ticket.  Fortunately for us paupers, the Microsoft Political Action Committee has given enough to the campaign to win a free Hillary-fest on campus.  And so, along with four thousand other camera-phone toting Microsofties, I spent one of my professional hours today listening to Hillary's "high-intellect" version of her stump speech.

All flippancy aside, Hillary was spot on.  She composed a sampling of ideas and positions perfectly aligned with the official interests of Microsoft the corporation and shrewdly dropped in ones aligned with interests important to many employees.  Though I haven't publicly stated this here, I strongly believe in what a Clinton/Obama White House could mean for this country in 2009.  I'm sure I'll be blogging more as the election draws near. 

In another anecdote I read, word has it that Hillary is sending postcards to people with whom she converses over the course of campaigning.  Perhaps mine is in the mail?

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I shot a bunch of photos of this event and shared five here.