Reporting from the road in York County

By Willy Ritch on January 26, 2008 12:30 PM

Hello from the headquarters of the Seacoast Democrats in York. I'm traveling with Chellie in York County today. We started with a sit down at a coffee shop in the South Berwick area where Chellie talked to voters about health care, Iraq, the environment and -- most of all -- the economy. (Since it was Chellie that everyone wanted to talk to, I got to sneak off into a corner and enjoy one of the best breakfast sandwiches I've had in ages.)

A few months ago, I noticed Chellie was starting to talk more and more about the economy. To be honest I was surprised to hear her bringing it up then -- I know the economy is always important but it just didn't seem to me it was at the top of most people's list of the most critical issues facing us. Not surprisingly, she clearly saw that there was serious trouble ahead. Now everyone wants to talk about it.

As I write this, Chellie is talking to a crowd at the Seacoast Democratic Headquarters in York. Rozanna Patane gave a Chellie a great intro, saying how much she respected Chellie's work creating and
introducing MaineRx -- a first-in-the-nation prescription drug program that the pharmaceutical companies fought all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. Rozanna said she was impressed with the way Chellie stuck with the fight all the way to the end (and won.)

The questions that people want to discuss are really interesting -- from alternative energy, to humanitarian needs in Iraq, nuclear weapons and blind trust.

After we finish up here it's off to Kittery and then back to York for another event.