Barack Obama In Asheville, North Carolina

After driving like a banshee hopped up on DayQuil and Amp, I rolled into the annual Vance-Aycock Dinner at the Grove Park Inn in Asheville, North Carolina hoping to catch a glimpse of Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama.  The event was filled to the gills with every candidate and party insider you can imagine.  I’ll get lots of photos up at some point, but the star of the show was the rumor that Obama would appear at the dinner.  I expected to wait two hours for Obama to come in after the keynote speaker, Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen, but I was happily surprised when a cluster of national press corps folks formed a rampart at the rope line leading to the stage.  In just a couple of minutes, out strode Barack Obama.  I shot as much video as the Canon Powershot would allow and bolted out of the Grove Park to upload it at Chez Arratik.  Now I’m gone again, back to see what’s what.

The video will be posted here as soon as it processes through the UToobz.  For now, enjoy this still shot, taken a moment before the video begins.