I don't know if Barack Obama will be doing any public events while he stops in Britain later this month, but if he were to do so, I would be keen to go along. It would be mighty. Plus, it's completely unfair that he never has any campaign stops in the UK just because its a safe win for him here, what with McCain not planning to compete in any of the "abroad" states. Sure, we have few, if any, electoral college votes, but would it kill him to pop by more often to thank us for our largely imaginary votes?

The race has quietened down a little in the last couple of months, and while the realities of presidential politics have pushed him into some disappointing stances - his vote for the surveillance bill and his opting out of public financing to mention two - he still has the ability to remind me why I'm prObama.