I started volunteering for Gov. Granholm's reelection campaign way back at the end of May this spring. Since then I've been trying to go in for at least a couple hours after work, two days a week.

A few times when I was at the campaign HQ I mentioned to Mike, the Volunteer Coordinator, that I still had never met the governor. He kept trying to arrange a quick greeting for me, and while I've seen her in the office several times, it just never worked out for me to say hello... until yesterday.

I was stuffing envelopes in the volunteer room when one of the interns poked her head in to say that the governor was around and might stop by to say hello. Since it was about time for me to take off for the day, I decided not to get my hopes up.

The Governor had been in one of the rooms across the hall preparing to shred Dick DeVos for the second debate, and a few minutes later I heard the door open and could hear her voice out in the hallway. Another volunteer shouted out that there was someone in the room who was dying to meet the governor. I was a little embarrassed since I had just finished eating a handful of peanuts (or, as Mike calls it, my salary), but it was still cool to have the gov pop in to say hello for a minute. She had an armload of binders, but shook my hand and thanked me for volunteering. I told her my name, which she said sounded familiar and then asked if I ever posted on MichiganLiberal. I said I did, and she thanked me again for my contribution. We chatted very briefly for a minute, and I mentioned my dad's name (he works for WKAR radio), which she also recognized. She apologized that it had taken her so long to say hello to me, but I just told her I would rather have her out there doing what she's been doing.

So yes, the rumors are true. The governor is terribly nice and pleasant in person.

Gov. Granholm looked pretty tired and I needed to leave anyway, so I just thanked her for saying hello and ducked out so she could talk with someone else. My two minutes with the governor weren't anything earth-shattering, but it was still cool to finally meet her in person after working on her campaign for all these months. It just made me that much more determined to make sure I do everything I can to help put her over the top on election day.