Senator Jim DeMint at Greenville's Country Ham House: YouTubed Baucus-Style by Dan McCord

The other night, I dreamt that the streets of Greenville were lined with people. Most of the signs were so blurry I couldn't read them, but the point was that there were signs. There was so much anger. It just spilled over the police barricades and off of the sidewalks. It was a spectacle. And as the police directed our car toward the town hall meeting, I remember being happy. I also had a dream about Disney World.

I woke up feeling both encouraged and disheartened. Encouraged to get a glimpse of what a scene like that would feel like. Disheartened because there is no part of me that imagines it could ever happen. Short of the second coming, I can't foresee people in Greenville that excited about anything.

End tangent.

On a semi-/un-/very-related note, here's a video shot by Daniel McCord of Jim DeMint's town hall meeting at 8 AM at the Country Ham House in Greenville. I believe (?) that there is going to be a second one on its way that includes the questions posed to DeMint afterwards. Word on the street is it gets purrrrdy interesting. The title of the video says a great deal -- not just in terms of race but also in terms of the extreme measures of exclusion that occur when meetings are held at 8 in the morning on a Thursday. That tends to really limit the people that can make an appearance. Preaching to the choir is sort of an understatement at this meeting. Regardless, I'll keep the commentary to a minimum. I truly just thought it to be a useful thing to post. Hopefully I'll be able to stick up a second half to this mamma jamma shortly.