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Starbucks...warm gesture or bribe?
"An army marches on its stomach." -- Napoleon Bonaparte
So it is with elections. The March to Victory by the GOP and Democrats in Colorado begins with a Munch Strategy.
A Republican state operative named Steve (The Operative? no last name please) at the party's Greenwood Village headquarters says that after morning rations of doughnut holes and muffins, the Repulican fare includes Subway-style deli sandwiches, fruit and chips.
"Things are going well," says Steve -- referring to the caloric battle because, he notes, he couldn't comment on anything else.
Not to be outdone, Democrats are chowing down in hopes of gobbling up votes.
Anna Prai Murphy Olsen, an Obama volunteer from Demark at the Downtown headquarters, did not say there were Danish available -- but cookies, fruit and veggies in the morning.
"Now we have great comfort foods," including warm stew, ham and other foods, says the Obaman.
"After three hard days," she says, "We are feeling good."
But the biggest winners may be the general electorate, at least in Colorado (unlike some states such as Georgia, which prohibits the freebie). At a Starbucks in the Evergreen Safeway, a manager says that by mid-morning, more than 60 people had claimed a free cup of coffee from the Seattle-based chain just for showing up with the "I voted" sticker.
"It's been very busy," he says, though he remains a bit baffled by the store's computer code which credits each coffee and appears to grab some more tax. But given the amount of anxiety this election has generated, that sort of confusion is a small price to pay for some comforting warmth.
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