The Fog of Ohio and the Politics of Celebrity

— -- "GMA" stopped by Pymatuning Valley High School in Andover, Ohio, during the show's "Whistle-Stop Tour" countdown to the November election. Students and faculty gave Diane Sawyer, Robin Roberts, Chris Cuomo and Sam Champion a big Buckeye welcome, including a pep rally in the school gym. Click here to check out students' video coverage of the event.

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Remember yesterday when I told you that today's show was going to be amazing? I love being right.

Despite heavily diminished visibility due to fog, the show was fantastic and, along the way, I got to interview country superstar Brad Paisley. Not a bad start to a day.

We rolled up to the northern Ohio farm while the sun was trying desperately to rise and the dark bluish hue that precedes it seemed to be soaked into a thick layer of fog that had settled over endless corn stalks. Where yesterday the house and barn of the Lipps family, who owned the farm, had been readily visible, today only corn in front and fog behind.

But the scene was so serene and Midwest idyllic that I half expected a team of phantom baseball players to emerge from the stalks to play catch with me, a la Field of Dreams.