About an hour after the Giants' last team bus left the Westin Hotel in Charlotte late last Thursday afternoon, the John Kerry motorcade invaded the hotel. Kerry supporters flooded the hotel, with placards and enthusiasm. The atmosphere of the lobby a couple of hours apart was the opposite of what you might think. In mid-afternoon, Giants
Michael Strahan and
Shaun O'Hara huddled with their agent, Tony Agnone, on a lobby couch. No one bothered Strahan. The place was quiet. Three hours later, the politicos were whooping it up for their guy. Interesting. Quiet football environment. Whoop-de-do political environment.