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The Beltway, An Instant Obamaville  The phone started ringing at
Cherry Hill RV Park the morning after the election, but Mike and
Linda Gurevich didn't really believe it until the recreational
vehicles started lumbering in by the hundreds. Winter's a quiet
time at the Gureviches' campgrounds in College Park, but
yesterday, their 60 acres hard by the Beltway turned into an
instant Obamaville.  It was a community of people from all
across the land who felt compelled to be here this weekend, not
because they're political types, not because they worked for
Barack Obama's presidential campaign, but because they believe
to their core that there's good mileage left in this battered
old tin can of a country.  They came without tickets and without
connections, they came even without a map. They came, in many
cases, even though they'd never driven an RV before, but hey, it
can't be too hard, right?  All night long on the way from
Alabama, Donna Robinson cou