Organizing for Hillary

My friend and I drove to Milford to an Organizing for Hillary rally, where Bill Clinton was going to speak.  The event was scheduled to be from 2.30 – 5.30, but I didn’t want to stay for 3 whole hours.  I imagined lots of surrogates would speak before and after.  So when I saw in The Telegraph that Bill Clinton was going to be there at 3.30, I was keen to go only at around 3.30, and happily my friend felt the same.  My only concern was parking.  If we went late we were sure to have to park somewhere far away and walk.  The Clinton campaign was probably organized enough to ensure parking for everyone so we would at least get parking.

It would be exciting to see the press.  Maybe I would see PBS’ Judy Woodruff who was in NH for the weekend.

We got to Milford Middle School, and the number of cars didn’t seem that many.  We were able to park close to the entrance.  Inside, they would not let us get beyond the welcome table without adding our name to the signup sheet.  I didn’t want to sign up, I was just there to hear Bill Clinton speak, but I just couldn’t get past the table.  We signed in and went in, and I was surprised by the size of the room.  It wasn’t all that big.  And it was only about half full.  And among the people there, half of them seemed to be either the press or core Hillary volunteers.

We were a little taken aback.  We had expected a much larger crowd. 

Bill Clinton was introduced by Mayor Jim Donchess of Nashua, and then he spoke.  As usual he was eloquent, describing various Hillary achievements.  The crowd clapped but was overall subdued.  The sense in the room was, to my mind: “We are the team that supports the all democratic causes.  Hillary has done so much, accomplished much that is dear to democratic hearts, and has an agenda we want.  Why is everyone with the other guy?”