Gauging the popularity of President Barack Obama, who won 75 percent of the Island vote on November 4, cannot be left entirely to the pollsters. One cold Saturday in April on Martha’s Vineyard, witness:
• 8 cars with Obama bumper stickers on a single pass through downtown Oak Bluffs
• 1 dinner party guest wearing an Obama campaign button
• 1 (2 earlier in the month) Facebook user in my Island network with a profile picture featuring Obama