Photos, Press, and Perspicacity

Karen may have covered today's events very well below, but I have pictures. So who's cooler, really?

Also, check out the coverage of the launch in the Concord Monitor. Here's the opener:

When Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Jay Buckey talks about creating an "Apollo program" for energy independence, he can do so with authority.

In a year when Democratic candidates work references to John F. Kennedy and the Apollo program into their speeches - an attempt to describe the need for leaders with vision - Buckey has bragging rights: He's actually completed 256 orbits of the earth, traveling 6.3 million miles aboard the space shuttle Columbia. And when the astronaut-turned-candidate launched his Senate campaign in Concord yesterday, he did so on the 38th anniversary of the first moon landing.

My favorite part was this quote from our good friend Arnie Arnesen from Political Chowder among other projects.

"You know how people are looking for change?" asked Arnie Arnesen, who has interviewed Buckey for her political talk show. "He defines it. Here's someone who has more credentials than you could ever want from anyone."

From here it's just a hop, skip, and a 500 mile jump to Washington.

On to the photos! More can be had on our flickr page.