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I know blogging via anecdote is pretty much the definition of FWIW, but:
Yesterday I was at a birthday party in a far off rural part of a rural town, where I met up with a lovely couple a bit older and bit more to the left, and with deeper roots in the state than me. Politically informed, but not really the blogging type.
We got to talking about the CD2 race, and when Ann Kuster's name came up they immediately expressed their admiration for Susan McLane. I was struck by this, because it was not the first time I have run across that reaction.
This little vignette left me with two thoughts. First, it reinforced my belief that Ann Kuster can be a uniquely unifying candidate for the second district.
The second thought is much broader. I know that shifting demographics and shifting attitudes have blown in our favor in recent years, but part of me wonders if the good people of this state haven't really changed all that much. But what has changed is the ever shrinking elephant tent, while ours gets bigger and more inviting.
