So much so that she went out knocking on doors for him on the day of the PA primary despite the fact that she was still recovering from a broken foot.
So does my 78-year-old grandmother, who protested discriminatory housing practices when she was my age and was present for MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech.
So does my aunt, who used to do genetic counseling and considers reproductive rights her most important issue.
And so do I, a 24-year-old woman and ardent feminist. I would love to see a woman president but beyond her gender I don't find that much appealing about Hillary. I would certainly vote for her if she were the nominee, but I think Obama is really something special. He has gotten people my age who were previously apathetic about politics engaged in the process, and has built a grassroots army that has the potential to give ordinary people more influence in government than they have had in years, if not ever.
I'm 26, so I don't count.
But my mom is 62 and she supports Obama. My father is is 70 and from the Blue Mountains in North Carolina and he supports Obama. As does my aunt, his siter, who's still there. She's 66.
My sister is 37, so I guess she's just on the cusp of counting. In another 13 years maybe.
Oh, and my mother's two sisters, ages 56 and 52 support Obama. The 56 year-old, my aunt Susan, caucused for him in California.
The 52-year-old doesn't vote. But she's with us in spirit. She's in California anyway so I never really felt like I had to engage her on her apolitical ways.
