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Live debate-watching party post No. 5
Security was thick and tight at the Hyatt Regency Austin, which implied the presidential candidates would end up there, rather than Obama stopping by the Scholz party, as was rumored earlier in the evening.
The overflow from the second-floor ballroom, where Texas Democratic dignitaries gathered, draped over the various lobby bars and nooks. Clearly, debate fever had clasped the entire hotel.
Jimmy Dushku, Heidi Dushku
“It was pretty chaotic,” said blogger Jimmy Dushku, who huddled on a banquette next to his mother, Heidi. “Everybody had a feeling of being a part of the debate. But whenever there’s a big event in Austin, the whole community gets involved.”
Kim Joffe, Lisa Matulis
“Yeah, the crowd seemed invested,” said Kim Joffe, who kept up the energy post-debate with Lisa Matulis. “I was surprised by how split it was. Before, everyone was ‘Obama, Obama, Obama.’ Then again, I was in the women’s room and they were talking about him like he was Mick Jagger.”
Standing alone in the lobby was stage and screen actor Randy Stripling, who, in the most discreet way possible, revealed he was running for U.S. Senate as a write-in candidate. “You know how it is: No name recognition; no money,” he said. “But I’ve been encouraged by the support I’ve had so far.”
This year, everyone gets involved.
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