Rock The Vote

I’m not going to make any predictions about the final electoral or popular vote. There are enough people, both in the blogosphere and in the mainstream media, who are more than happy to read the tea leaves for you. I will describe my mood right now as cautiously optimistic. As I have been saying all along, this will come down to the ground game. We’ll see if the efforts of groups like ACT and MoveOn really do live up to the hype or if the Republicans remain the masters of grassroots organizing. No matter what happens, I think it’s important to remember how we got here. Three years ago, in the wake of 9/11, I doubt anyone could have foreseen the steep plummet in Bush’s popularity and the rising discontent with his policies. This country remains deeply divided and it’s a state of affairs that is likely to continue well after the election. Kerry is not the perfect candidate; I’m the first person willing to admit that. But in the final analysis, I am convinced that Kerry has the intelligence, the temperament, and the talent to steer our nation towards a better, more equitable future.
Some of my Republican friends have referred to my close attention to this election as “handwringing.” If a deep concern for the current state of our country is handwringing, then so be it. I’m still enough of a dreamer to believe that we are capable of so much more as a country and as a people. Tomorrow, we’ll see how many other people share that dream with me.
Speaking of, I’m going to be away from my computer, as well as most other media, for nearly the entire day tomorrow. Maybe I’ll hand out my cell number to a few people who can call me with important developments. Important developments=good news. I can hear the bad news soon enough.
To all of my readers with disabilities, I hope you make yourselves heard tomorrow, regardless of whom you support.