Obamanos

Last night we watched the third and final presidential debate at the home of our friend, Ann, along with several other Taosenos. Ann is the only one among us who has a working TV, so we prevailed on her to let us come to her loft in town. To thank Ann for providing a TV, we brought food and drink and had a lively pot luck dinner while Obama and McCain slugged it out.

Four thousand new voters recently registered in Taos County, and we're pretty sure that most of them will vote for Obama. In fact, northern New Mexico is the source of the new slogan for his campaign aimed at the area's Hispanic voters: Obamanos! We've seen the signs everywhere, including this one in Arroyo Seco:The yard signs are hard to come by, but our neighbors Kris and Ginger managed to score one at Taos Paint. It's not the official one (Spanish speakers will note the lack of the upside-down exclamation point before the O), but it'll do:K & G kindly gave us the sign to take back to Minnesota since they live in Houston and know that it will be absolutely useless there. We're happy to display it in our yard; the neighbors on our blue street will appreciate the sentiment.