Empirical Proof of Osmosis

"So I'm kind of surprised your uncle wanted to go." My brother is going to take my daughter to see Obama announce his running mate, whatever second or third choice he--surely not she--may be. This outing was totally his idea.

"I know. I didn't think he was political." The sixth grader is surprisingly excited to go see some living history, despite the hour or so in the car.

"Well, for a while there he thought he was a Republican." In my family, akin to saying, "he thought he was from Mars."

"I guess he just realized what is really going on."