It's the stuff Barack does away from the cameras that impresses me most. I'm amazed by his ability to "keep it real" 18 days before the election (when this happened):
Barack Obama returned to Chicago on Friday night, where he worked out and then headed to a soccer game where daughter Malia was playing. Here's the pool report from Geoff Earle of the New York Post:
In what could be counted as a good omen for the Democratic nominee, daughter Malia Obama's red jersey team won their youth soccer game tonight.
Malia's father quietly strode onto the field at 8:15 wearing a dark jacket and blue hat after his workout. None of the other parents or kids seemed to notice him. The game was underway, and Michelle Obama was there.
Full report here Lynn Sweet's Chicago Sun-Times blog.
Some of the comments to Lynn Sweet's post are worth reading, including one from a grandparent of one of Malia's teammates.
Many of the comments contrast the way Barack attended this event as unobtrusively as possible with the way Palin parades her kids around as campaign props wherever she goes.
I realize this isn't the most earth-shattering event, but I thought it was worth sharing.