I’m in the Show-Me state for about 24 hours. Saturday, my son and I went to the Obama rally beneath the Arch (we drove six hours from Little Rock and got in roughly 10 seconds before the candidate began to speak…) They say 100,000 people were in the crowd.

Today, we’re making our annual pilgrimage to see the Dallas Cowboys play.  In between now and the opening kickoff, I’ll be reading the Sunday paper and trying to catch up on the religious and political news that’s popped up while I was on the road.  I understand Colin Powell endorsed Obama on “Meet the Press” a few minutes ago, and that polls are tightening with Election Day 16 days out.

Apparently, Obama raised $150 million in September. I can definitely believe it. Kicking back at the hotel, eating a Pizza Hut stuffed crust pizza, we watched a few hours of television and probably saw more than a dozen Obama commercials (most of them on cable networks such as the History Channel, but also on network affiliates and TBS during the Rays-Red Sox games…) I’ve been in Iowa before the caucuses and I was in Michigan and Florida on primary night early this year. I’ve never seen such a non-stop bombardment of commercials. So far, I haven’t yet seen a McCain commercial — and Missouri is a key battleground state.

I’ve got a bunch of good religion stories I’m working on when I get back to Little Rock. I’ll post more when I get back.  — Frank

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