i am in both the inspired place and the cranky place. i am inspired because people are voting. regardless of who for people are engaged again. letting the political system know that we do actually want to make this decision ourselves and not have it made for us. that politicians do need to be accountable to a cross section of americans because we're no longer interested in allowing the extreme interest groups to be the main people casting ballots.
as for the hype and the media and the blogs - the zealotry of it is making me a little nuts. about a week ago i made a deal with myself to read / watch election information from the new york times, salon.com, and a few other places where i usually get news. places i find reliable. but to avoid the blogosphere with its enthusiasm, polarizing, and inaccuracies like crazy. and what i see is that while clinton and obama are working on such similar platforms, she had the health care plan that would cover more people for not much more money and was more realistic to implement. she has the list of advisors who have so much experience and who i personally respect. so she has my vote. not because she is my perfect candidate. but because i see her getting things done.
i think all of the candidates except romney are an improvement. though i fear mccain would never get us out of this war.
i love to hear how my friends are walking this day. inspired. frustrated. over it. it's all a way of being engaged. and honestly nothing lights my fire like americans actually having a feeling about politics.
and to be clear re what I mean in terms of health care and advisors - here are links / info
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/04/opinion/04krugman.html?scp=1&sq=obama++health+care+plan&st=nytand for the advisor info
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