* My four brothers and I received this e-mail from my mom last night…

Everything must come to an end and Thursday is the end of the Obamalac. Your Dad has an appointment to have the stickers removed.

* Ah, the Obamalac. I saw it for the first time when my dad, Rich Miller, Sr., showed up for Obama’s 2007 campaign kickoff in Springfield. You can read my first post about the car by clicking here. Some early photos…

* Dad drove his Caddy all over Iowa. Obama himself loved the car…

A video of dad taking one of those Obama photos is here.

Even Michelle got into the act…

She said it reminded her of her dad’s old car.

* Dad’s ride got a lot of press. He was in just about every major newspaper and magazine in the country. The Politico had this item at the end of a story on Obama’s speech to some transcendental meditation types…

Behind him, a man driving a red, white and blue 1963 Cadillac convertible with the word “Obamalac” and “The Time Is Now” carefully stenciled across it was being gently chided by a wiry, smiling meditator.

“The time is now,” the driver said, as he headed out of town.

“But the time is always now,” the local man said.

* Dad eventually became somewhat famous, but he probably realized his place in Illinois politics on election night last year. He was driving the Obamalac up and down Michigan Ave. and several people approached him to say, “Hey, you’re Rich Miller’s dad!”

There’s only room for one Rich Miller in this state, I suppose. And, only one Obamalac.

* We’ll close with a music video featuring the “pre-Obama” version of Dad’s 1963 Cadillac, produced and directed by my brother Devin…