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Democrats Divided, Even at Dinner Table
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As the director of a Fairfax after-school program, Chapman said he sees how the educational system is broken, and he believes that Obama would be the one to overhaul it. Clinton, he said, is more likely to maintain the status quo.
A few years ago, John Chapman was a gamer who spent hours in front of the television and cared little about politics, he said. Now he is immersed. As results from Super Tuesday rolled in, Chapman phoned his mother at midnight to brag about Obama taking more states.
"Here I am thinking he's been in an accident," she said. "He knew I was asleep. He knew I was getting up early the next morning. He's like, 'He's beating her, he's beating her.' "
The next morning, she fired back about Clinton taking more delegates.
The Garcias, Bolivian Americans who live in McLean, watch political coverage on separate televisions in separate rooms. Hortensia Garcia, 65, is for Obama now that former senator John Edwards is out. Her husband of 49 years, Zenon Garcia, 73, is for Clinton.
Zenon Garcia said that with the country in a critical economic moment, with the national debt about $9 trillion, he believes that Clinton's knowledge and willingness to compromise are needed.
"When we have these types of problems, can Obama manage it? My answer is no," he said in Spanish. He added that he agrees with his wife that Obama is intelligent and a good speaker but said he would make a better preacher than president.
"Please," his wife replied. "This man is going to run a country, not a church."
Whoever wins, Zenon Garcia said, it's going to be close.
"When you see two boxers in the ring, and you see a lightweight with a heavyweight, you know the heavyweight is going to win," he said. "In this case, you have two equal weights."
Hortensia Garcia said that Clinton is strong but that Obama has more enthusiasm. "Even though they may be equal weights," she said, "he'll win because he has a lot more strength."
Jennifer Robinson does not hide her political allegiances and, in truth, is loud about them. A framed picture of her and former Virginia governor Mark R. Warner (D) hangs in her office. A pile of yard signs for state Sen. J. Chapman "Chap" Petersen (D-Fairfax) sits in her driveway. The back of her minivan is dotted with Democratic-themed bumper stickers.
