Obama supporters of all ages receive a yellow slip of paper — a "Ticket to Change" — with directions to their caucus site and a telephone hot line (one for each of Iowa's five area codes) to answer questions.
We suspect it might take a few of these costly tickets to change minds and habits.
McCain, with Palin's help, has once again not only made Obama's experience an issue, but has now moved in on Obama's strength and tried to define the G.O.P. ticket as the party of "change".
And third, define Obama and his 65-year-old running mate, Senator Joe Biden, as a ticket with no real record of change.
Sevket Okten, director of the sociology department at Harran University in Urfa, agreed that the departure from a solidly tribal ticket "could be a sign of change" and "could have a positive effect".
If Senator McCain wanted to appoint a woman to offset the ticket and project the image of change, there were so many more qualified female candidates who have the experience and judgment necessary to step in to the Presidency should anything happen to the Senator.
Remove the socks from my dead brother's feet and trade them in for a small bit of change, a ticket to a movie, something with a receipt, proof I was busy living, that I didn't stay in all night weeping, that I didn't stay up drawing a gun over and over with a black marker, that I didn't cut out the best one, or stand in front of the mirror, pulling the paper trigger until it tore away.
Putting one of these excellent women on the ticket would change all of that.
Dan Wong, senior transportation planner at San Francisco International Airport, said the diminished importance of ticket counters would change the look of an airport departure terminal.
Obama at the top of the ticket will change how the 2012 general election is framed, as well as how Democrats view the the energy in the own party.
