Obama wows Patterson’s mother at rally

Tywanna Patterson, the mother of Kentucky basketball star Patrick Patterson, attended a Barack Obama rally in Cincinnati Thursday.

To say she came away impressed is an understatement.

“He looks at you and you feel like, wow,” she said in a telephone conversation. “You feel like a kid. You feel part of greatness.”

Obama spoke to a reported crowd of 15,000 in Cincinnati’s Ault Park. Mrs. Patterson has a close-up view of the Democratic candidate for president.

“Within a couple feet,” she said. “It was awesome.”

Mrs. Patterson bought a T-shirt and button before leaving Cincinnati.

After that, could UK’s Big Blue Madness seem humdrum? As Sarah Palin would say, You betcha.