I'll admit it -- I'm in love with Barack. No, it's not puppy love -- not anymore. You could say we're going steady. I know he doesn't appreciate me spilling the beans like this -- he wants to wait for our trip to Denver to make it official -- but...

Until recently, when people asked me why I'm so engrossed in an election being contested in a country thousands of miles from mine, my stock reply was "Well, I heard it's a pretty important country." A pithy yet truthful rejoinder, I thought -- now I realize it was a lame...