Eleanor has found her place in the world. It's at the Hillary Clinton campaign headquarters where the 20-somethings who have been moving around the country for months to work on the campaign treat her with respect. They all look at her at say, literally say, that she is just like them when they were kids. They know her name now and welcome her back into the office.
Last night she got two jobs to do: put up yard signs in Clifton and canvass our neighborhood this weekend. The latter job she requested for the "Girls for Hillary" club that she organized. The Clinton office actually has a file on the computer now called "Eleanor Yardsigns." I had been ambivalent about the Hillary-Barack decision, but the power of Eleanor's passion is contagious. As a mother, seeing my daughter find a community and comfort is powerful. She has already talked about the crew's return in October. We have tried to point out the uncertainty of the outcome, but she doesn't have emotional room for that now.
When you watch the returns on Tuesday night, think of her.
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