Hope

It's election day and I can hardly stand it. I've been working sporadically, and even that has taken an inordinate amount of concentration. I've been wandering around the internet, but there's so much coverage that I am quickly overwhelmed. I tried to waste some time getting the house in order for the new era that will begin tomorrow (whether it be an era of change, or one in which we reach new lows of dejection and pessimism, I'd like for the place to start out organized). But then I felt I should be writing about this undeniably historic moment. And now I find myself with too much to say, and too little to say, all at once, and the words for this state of anticipation are eluding me.
I've gone from someone thoroughly cynical about the political process to someone who nearly swoons at the thought of Obama as president. Imagine, a president that we can not only respect, but who we can actually get behind? Someone who we will support and cheer on, someone who seems to have something to do with us. And by "we" here I mean not only my like-minded fellow very-liberals, but decent, moderate people who would be characterized by the evangelists and billionaires who have taken over in recent years as liberal, too. Because that's another part of what makes the possibility of an Obama win so exciting - that it might present some chance for a wider section of society to be represented, and, thereby, for some actual social change to occur.
I'm not under any illusions about everything being fixed this year if Obama wins, or even this term. But as someone who's spent her entire adult life with W as president, I'm pretty damn excited about the change that so many are hoping for.