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[mamculuna]

So Bill has tickets to Obama in Grant Park in Chicago on Election night (along with many thousand others). He wants me to fly up there just for the night (he's coming back here the next day, so I'd come back then too). Trying to decide whether to go or not.

Pro: Exciting historical event, will never happen again. Share it with Bill.

Con: The plane will be late and I won't get to go to the speech--I'll be circling O'Hare. It might not be a night for celebration. It costs way too much. I'll have to leave canvassing in NC at 2 PM to catch the flight. It will be cold and we won't get to watch the returns and won't know what's happening.

Pro: Exciting historical event...

What to do.

Comments

[kalimeg.livejournal.com]

People will be using their phones to cruise the Web -- you will know. Take an earlier flight -- really.

[rebekahroxanna.livejournal.com]

Go. Of course if Obama loses the election because he lost NC because he lost a voter you would have gotten to the polls, you'll be sorry. ;-)

[dlgood.livejournal.com]

Flip a coin!

[altaego.livejournal.com]

I think it will be a night for celebration. So if you like that sort of thing it will be a unique event.

[bhadrasvapna.livejournal.com]

Canvasing is hard work. I did it yesterday in Pennsylvania. You worked hard. Now it's Miller Time. I'd go, at least try to go. Then if you don't make it, you'll have a great story to tell. Hopefully, tomorrow will be one of those times where American's go "I remember where I was when." Hopefully, community organizers will win the day.

Hopefully.

I want Obama to win. I want hope to win. But most of all, I want all the work that the volunteers put in to matter.

[mamculuna.livejournal.com]

Our work will matter even if he doesn't win. I think in part that our volunteer work is its own reward--at least in NC. Somebody said "This is not a campaign about one person, it's a movement." And I feel that way, too. Just being part of the campaign has been wonderful. It's brought so pmany people together, and restored our faith in each other in so many ways. I worked today with a retired high school custodian in NC, and last week in the office (tomorrow it will be a mix --I felt such admiration for the good sense, hard work, and clear thinking of everyone I worked with--no drama, no McCain-style operatics, just getting it done. I could have gone to the rally and heard him in person today, but sort have made the choice that I won't leave one vote unturned. For a deep-South state to turn the corner to blue--that is being part of history. I've been talking with Bill and he totally gets it. Being in true-blue Illinois tomorrow, even with Barack there, wouldn't be the same as being in NC, with the people who've fought the good fight.

I need to write a more coherent post on what all this has meant to me, but thanks too for your hard work. PA is such a biggie. Everything you've done had meaning.