But even at the Clinton rally, there was evidence of fervor for Mr. Obama.
Still, while the number of fans in India has grown considerably, it is nowhere near reaching the kind of fervor for a national sport, like cricket.
But there was a payoff for our fervor - endless choices.
Still, even I was unprepared for the fervor outside of Lazaro Gonzalez's home, four months after little Elian was picked up at sea.
Nor was I prepared for the fervor exhibited by my friend Federico Baldeschi-Balleani, a scion of an aristocratic family of the Marche, when I asked him for advice in tracking the fish soups.
"They are basically exploiting the xenophobia that is so prevalent in Moscow," Ms. Lokshina of Human Rights Watch said in an interview, blaming the election campaign for the fervor of the latest crackdown.
But that was apparently not true at Terezin; by all accounts, whatever the performances may have lacked in polish and detail they made up for in fervor and spiritual uplift.
But their confrontations over the years while Baker managed the Giants, the Cubs and now the Reds are known for their fervor, including a face-to-face argument in 2003 after a series of hit batsmen and brush-backs.
I didn't care for the fervor that surrounded Apple, and having once worked in I.T., I was more comfortable in the Windows universe.
The innovation was only partially responsible for my fervor.
