The Audacity of Inevitability

I got my Obama/Biden bumper sticker in the mail last night.That gives me about a week to publicly demonstrate my support for Senator Barack Obama's movement.

This had never really been a campaign.Since that snowy day in February '07 in Abraham Lincoln's hometown of Springsfield IL,it had become common knowledge that Obama was not just mounting a political campaign,but a genuine philosophical and paradigm shift in mainland America.

There is a palpable feeling among an increasing volume of savvy political watchers that the battle on 11/04 will be a straight fight between old and new America.Between 20th century and 21st century America.

There are the very vocal older generation Americans who are predominantly evangelical right wing ultra-conservatives who have always voted solely on the social issues of abortion/pro-life/pro-choice or gay marriage/family sanctity etc.This same block just have the cynicism of uncertainty about Obama.
They are weary of how far left this minority liberal candidate will take the liberty of leading the country.Most of these folks are genuinely scared but not racist.Obama's task is to prove them wrong beyond 11/04/08.

There are also the more open-minded recent college grads/current seniors/young professionals etc who have been bitterly disenfranchised by the way the country had been run for the past 8 years.This generation are more receptive of people very different than themselves.They studied with all colors,shapes and sizes of people while in College.Several are actively dating and marrying inter-racially.

Nothing more vividly illustrates this divides than the recently reported effort by younger jewish voters to change the votes of their more conservative and older parents.In the same house,under the same roof,all over America tonight, families are involved in very spirited and heated debates to settle this generational contest. And it seems to be working.For the first time since this race began,Obama is leading among older voters 55-75 years old.

Yesterday,I had the unfortunate privilege(catch the deliberate oxymoron) of taking care of a 94 year old lady in ICU who suffered a cardio-pulmonary arrest while waiting 3 hours in line to vote early for Barack Obama.All over the battle ground states,voters are availing themselves of the opportunity to vote early or mail in their absentee ballots.Most of my friends have already voted.They all voted for Barack(no surprises there).

The choice couldn't be clearer between these two tickets from a generational point of view.Obama is at least a quarter of a century younger than his opponent.This may have forced McCain's hand a bit in the choice of the enigmatic Sarah Palin.

But there are other stark differences in policies.The purpose of this article is not to draw out those differences.My audience could log on to the official campaign websites for those details .

Just yesterday, news broke of cross-border air strikes by the US into Syria.The McCain campaign quickly pounced on that, wishing to change the conversation from issue number one(the economy).
As expected,however,the Obama Campaign isn't taking the bait!

Talking of the economy,many of my savvy investor friends are currently re-infusing their cash back into the beleaguered American stock market.
It doesn't take a genius to figure out why.
Next week, America will have a new president.All the polls seem to indicate that the harbinger of new hope for the future will win by a blow-out.This can only take the beat down Dow into unprecedented territories.There is only one direction stocks will go on Wednesday,and that is up.

Finally,I've heard the same things as you have.We've been told that McCain will criss-cross OH and PA for the remainder of this campaign.
Going by how many honks,winks and thumbs-up i received on my daytime drive back home from work today,I believe he shouldn't waste his time.

And no,the honks and winks were not because I suddenly became hotter than I was(though my wife is convinced I am),it's because all the drivers behind me saw my brand new Obama-Biden bumper sticker and wanted to show their solidarity.They were male,female,black,Asian and whites.

Wake me up on 11/04/08.

OMC