I was walking down the street and heard someone yell “Sasha!”; then two little girls ran past me. I turned around and there was Michelle Obama…I asked if I could have my picture taken with her; by then a crowd of paparazzi had gathered and they went into a Dominican restaurant in my neighborhood in NYC, where I ‘remembered’ Obama had campaigned (as if!). Somehow I managed to squeeze in through a crack in the glass window, and there was a big bed where I snuggled up next to Michelle — then I realized Barack was on the other side of me in bed, and felt a little disappointed…There were blue strobe lights and “Stairway to Heaven” was playing; the bed felt like it was moving b/c of the lights, and our pictures were being taken — I said “I feel like we’re going backwards!” referring to the bed, but then worried that Barack would take that as a criticism of his efforts as president… when I woke up I thought “are we building a stairway to heaven or are we going backwards?”…

From a 46-year old mother in New York City, in March of 2009.  She was a Hillary supporter during primaries and Barack supporter during the general election who spent time campaigning for him.