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Rita Beamish ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sunday, January 25, 2009
The glow around Obama volunteers
Mark Bernstein and Carolyn Weiss is more than residual excitement from their close-in view of
Barack Obama's inauguration. Sure, that was a thrill, but in truth they were otherwise engaged.
As Mr. Obama vowed to serve the nation and uphold the Constitution, Mr. Bernstein, shivering on the Capitol grounds, had vows of his own in mind.
Mark Bernstein, of Bethesda, and Carolyn Weiss, of Rockville, hold each other close in the cold in front of the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday as Barack Obama agreed to serve as president and they agreed to wed.
"Will you marry me?" asked Mr. Bernstein, a regulatory analyst from Bethesda. Surrounded by a million or more people, Miss Weiss, a lawyer from Rockville, said yes.
The setting was a no-brainer for Mr. Bernstein. The couple met last summer volunteering at the Bethesda office of the Obama campaign. Mr. Bernstein, a weary veteran of the "typical boy-meets-girl, boy-asks-girl-out process," welcomed the easy friendship.
Their first date was just before the Nov. 4 election. Everything clicked. By December he knew he wanted to marry her. The time and place to clinch the deal - cold but obvious, he said.
"It certainly was the backdrop I wanted," he said, "as I would not have met her if not for Obama."
He ventured forth to bring light to the world”
Gerard Baker