Tommyrot - did you hear Mayor Daley's intro to Illinois? You know - Chicago where the White Sox will play the Cubs in a subway series? Made me laugh!

Heh.

It's odd. I have no doubt at all that Obama will be the next PotUS.

Allyson is me.

It's odd. I have no doubt at all that Obama will be the next PotUS.

I will literally weep.

I thought that they should have played Clinton on with some James Brown or possibly some ZZ Top. (I was thinking "Sharp Dressed Man.")

Oh, man. When they played "Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow" as he came on, I started crying. I remember everything about election day 1992, including the Clintons and Gores celebrating with that song blasting in the background. Ever since Bush won in 2000, I have to change the channel when it comes on the radio.

Yeah, I'm actually optimistic about Obama winning too - not certain, but think the odds are in his favor. But I'm pessimistic about what happens next. He, like Hillary, is a cautious centrist - who won't make the changes we need. And unlike Roosevelt, there is not serious grassroots movement that will push him: Moveone and the rest of the "netroots"? Not strong enough, and not independent enough of the Democratic party to push the changes needed.

And I think the debates will be the clincher.

Yeah, that's what I'm pining my hopes on.

If only Obama can provoke something like this (in an interview with Time ):

There's a theme that recurs in your books and your speeches, both about putting country first but also about honor. I wonder if you could define honor for us?

Read it in my books.

I've read your books.

No, I'm not going to define it.

But honor in politics?

I defined it in five books. Read my books.

(I've heard McCain tends to get angry easily...)

If Obama is elected and the Cubs win the World Series, I swear my head will explode, as I won't be able to handle that much happiness....

My head will be all explode-y as well. If that happened, and if Chicago gets the 2016 Olympics when they announce next year, it'll truly be a Chicago Year.

(I'm not going to jinx the Cubs, but I just wanted to mention that their sweeping the Pirates meant that they have won nine series in a row for the first time since 1907. Also, they're 33 games over .500 for the first time since 1945, the last time they won the NL pennant. Go Cubs!)

It's odd. I have no doubt at all that Obama will be the next PotUS.

I will literally weep.

Me, too.

Given that I felt like crying when Kerry lost -- and I don't even like him that much -- I will certainly get emotional if Obama wins.

4 years ago, I remember a friend commenting that one of her conservative friends got nervous when she saw the liberals acting like somebody died when Kerry lost -- "It's making me feel like if this many people think it's a disaster, maybe I missed something?" I really wish I remembered whose friend said it so I could look her up and shake her by the lapels and say, "Do you GET IT now?"

"It's making me feel like if this many people think it's a disaster, maybe I missed something?"

Heh. Maybe....