And don’t assume the Democrats can win without you. Remember 2000 and 2004? A close election can be stolen. If we’re going to win, we have to win by a landslide.

My reply:

I’ve been writing about this quite a lot in the comments of a well respected online column.

There is the potential for a full out rout for the Dem party, but the way the GOP has been running in the last 2 weeks, I think the Senate may remain Democratic and the House may not turn over to quite the extent that the TV press seems to be sometimes suggesting, then backing off from suggesting… then hinting again… those camera hounds are so drunk on themselves it’s a wonder any of us regular folks can get a ballot in edgewise.

Still, this is not about whether or not Obama wins or loses, it’s about whether or not his message that the election is about us, cannot be won without us, and must be supported by us with our actions after all the voting is done… it’s about whether or not we actually get that and start to live that way from this point forward.

Real change cannot come to the United States unless people take responsibility for their own democracy and get involved in their community politics again. I plan to spend tonight making calls to people in swing states like PA and FL, and to tomorrow supporting my local Obama office with voter support phone calls and optimistic thinking.

Rudy thanks so much for the postings from your current memoir MSS.

I thought the part about the kids at Swarthie checking out Master Plods -lolol- in your name was hysterical! I’m glad to see you and your dad had some good times on that campus. You father sounds like a good man, in his own way.

Russ in Chicago!

Then again, they’ve had congress for two years, and done little beyond pass horrors that Bush and Co were unwilling to try and sneak past a Republican Congress (say, telco amnesty & the good German defense in the FISA bill, for just one example).

Obama does not seem to be that much of a weasel, but we shall see.