Return to Florida

Turns out that Mei was fine. The doctors think there are some things going on with her but they can be dealt with over time. The stress of my comings-and-going's, handling the dogs by herself, all while working full-time also contributed. Mei has bounced back and is fine now, so she let me go back to the campaign. I'm in Continental Airline's President's Club right now typing away and waiting for my IAH-PBI flight.

The race in Florida has tightened up quite a bit. Some polls show us ahead, others behind. Unlike New Hampshire or even South Carolina, this is going to be a nail-biter. But if we do win Florida, it's a big nail in Giuliani's coffin and yet another one in Romney's. As for Huckabee, I'm not sure how he comes out on a loss in Florida. Ron Paul I think is in because he likes the attention--he doesn't get much of that in Congress--and becuase he probably believes the insane rantings that are his debating points, such as the I-35 corridor being the first-step towards destroying America.

The McCain campaign was going to try to get a Space surrogate to campaign on behalf of the Senator to try to get that area of the I-4 corridor. Sadly, that individual had to back out for work-related reasons. So I took it upon myself to contact a few people I know in the aerospace business such as Tim Crain, John Carson, Bob Bishop, George Whitesides, Jim Kirkpatrick, and the AIAA. Eventually, I was able to talk to Colonel Eileen Collins of STS-93 and 114 fame about considering working with the campaign on Space matters.

What a great sight that would have been...the rockets in the background, Senator McCain and Astronaut Collins together talking about how important the Space program is to America. Well, it's not happening, at least not state primary. Between the campaign being to busy and I not having enough authority, that bird got away, though I hope we can still work with Col. Collins in the future. She is an incredibly gracious person to interact with.

In the meantime, I'm still waiting for George and Bob to come through, though no feedback yet.