It's how this grand experiment works.
Having taken care of that important announcement, I have one more to share: I wrote in yesterday's blog that there were 23 states participating in Super Tuesday. I was wrong. There are 23 states holding primaries or caucuses, but a 24th, West Virginia, is holding a "convention" for Repubs only. If I'm going to demand that politicos admit when they're wrong, I have to be willing to do the same. So, sorry about that. To make it up to you, here is a link to all the specific info you need on the elections in all of the Super Tuesday states. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22998069/ Just click on each state to get all pertinent stats. And as a bonus, this link tells you how to follow today's events on an hour-by-hour basis. For serious junkies only. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23000449/
Now, for you "undecideds" out there, I have a test that will help you make a decision today. Watch this video http://www.dipdive.com/ . Go ahead, do it now.
Ok, having watched it, if you think that:
- It's really inspirational and signals a change in presidential politics, vote for Obama
- It's nice, but kind of naive, and doesn't solve actual problems, vote for Clinton
- It's a slick piece of marketing and you'd like to buy the production company, vote Romney
- It's distracting us from the threat of radical Islamic extremism, vote for McCain
- It's a bass guitar and some Bible references away from being great, vote for Huckabee
- It's ok as long as American tax dollars didn't fund it, vote for Paul
Ok, I couldn't resist. And I promise I'm not shilling for the Obama campaign. Truth is, whomever you back in this race, you should watch this video just because it's really well done.
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4 comments:
My vote has been cast! What a good feeling that is, to be able to have a say in our future. Watching the poll results come in tonight (only Georgia has reported so far) it is already amazing to see the new technology the networks are using to explain the 'what if's' and to try to make sense of the delegate counting process. Those new touch screen displays are both amazing and complicated to watch. Best of luck to all the candidates and to our country. We should feel proud that we can have an election process that doesn't require violence to show the will of the people. :)
That was an incredible video. It touches the soul. I'm excited to see how this evening will shape tomorrow. It's good to be an American!
Voted, of course; still amazed, when I stop to think about it, how cool it is that we're calmly going about the process of electing a President who may be either a black or a woman and no one is worrying about the impact of race or gender on their electability -- we've come a looong way since I was first old enough to vote -- what a great country!
Yesterday morning I lamented to my 15 year old son that I never thought I'd see the day that a woman would be a major candidate for the Presidency. (I'm a white, middle aged female from the south) The day had come and I voted against her. It was weird....I had a definite pang in my heart but also felt sheer joy running through my synapses. It was a strange but beautiful moment in that voting booth. America is starting to close the door on sexism and racism.
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