There are also a couple of comments that catch a reporter’s ear during an event such as an election that add some color to the event.
In Greenwich three of those sparked my attention:
As a man entered the North Street School polling station he was surprised by the lack of other voters.
“Not many here, you think there would be with all that Tea Party stuff,” he said to himself in reference to the conservative Tea Party activists who have rallied during the last year against what they argue is excessive government spending.
At another polling station an election worker directed a voter by cheerfully noting, “Republicans on the left, Democrats on the right,” referring of course to the location of the tables where the two parties voters would go and not to their political views.
My favorite though is the two women – possibly mother and daughter – who approached one polling area.
“Which run is running for mayor?” said the older woman in a voice — that to my ears — sounded like a character from Seinfeld. “It isn’t the mayor,” the younger one replied with just a slight hint of irritation.