To quote 10,000 Maniacs, that you'll remember. Regardless of who you voted for, you have to feel good about one thing: record turnouts. I haven't seen numbers yet, but I can almost guarantee that they are better than election turnouts for many a long year.
I am not willing to say that we are seeing the end of the political apathy that has plagued us for a long time. Even with all of the excitement that surrounds this "historic" election, I still count myself as belonging mostly to the party of the perpetually cynical. I am, after all, the person who is leaving corporate America because I can see the solutions to the problems of a 156-year-old-70,000-member company and I KNOW that I won't be allowed to fix them because of the way things work there. The thought of trying to do something similar to our 232-year-old-300-million-member country WHILE working within our federal bureaucracy is enough to make me want to go to bed for a week.
But there is one difference between my job and our newly elected president's . People voted in record numbers. And that will make his job both easier and harder. I will be quite interested to see how this new job works out for him.
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Yeah, you're right. I wish I could feel the euphoria I see among some around here - and I'm glad I don't feel the defeatist attitude I see in others - all my friends. But regardless, it IS good to see that a lot more people cared enough to get up and go stand in line and vote.
from the view from across the pond i can report everyone here is amazed and impressed by the American people and in love with Obama. it sure will be interesting to see what happens from here!
I've been hearing that a lot, actually. A good friend of mine from college - who also happens to be Swedish - has been actively campaigning for Obama on Facebook. He lives in Sweden now, so didn't even vote here this year! He is, needless to say, ecstatic...
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