Thursday, January 24, 2008

The Breeze of a New Dawn


Quote of the day:
“We know that she is capable of both uniting and leading. We saw her going town by town through New York in 2000, including places where Clinton-bashing was a popular sport. She won over skeptical voters and then delivered on her promises and handily won re-election in 2006.”
--New York Times, January 24, Endorsing Hillary Clinton

Aren’t We Pleased moment of the day:
Karl Rove has joined Fox News as a contributor during the election season.

Most of the country will have voted by the time February 5th is over. It looks like we’ll see higher voter participation than we have in many years.

There is passion and excitement and emotional involvement in the process to the extent I’ve never seen. It’s so great to see.

When February 5th is over, there will be several weeks more of primaries, six months to the national conventions and nine months to the general election.

On the one hand, this might be a considerable test of the staying power of newly-stirred voter passion. On the other hand, this might be time enough for excitement and involvement to grow and spread.

I’ve realized over the last year that I have become actively uninterested in much of what happens in government on the national level. I’ve become palpably weary, and a bit cynical.

Who is elected president really has a minimal effect on my life--especially when compared with the San Diego official our neighborhood is dealing with to have a new sewer line installed.

Still, there is great symbolic effect. A new president brings with her (or him) the chance to be inspired and, I hope, actually see things get a little better.

Whatever happens, right now there is a rebirth of hope.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

What happened to January 24 and December 22?

Craig Dorval said...

Didn't you notice? Those days weren't on the calendar. Something else the Bush administration was responsible for.