I haven't been this excited about a presidential election since I walked through the streets of the Republican dominated town of New Canaan, Connecticut in 1964 carrying Lyndon Johnson placards and chanting "Lyndon, Lyndon" as a twelve year old. His running mate was also an Arizona Senator, Barry Goldwater. I'm not sure why I was so hyped up about Lyndon Johnson, but it was fun marching with a few of my friends and exercising my right to protest against the status quo both at home and in my home town.
I'm now making my way through David Leonhardt's article on Obamanomics from last week's NYTimes magazine just to be sure that I still think about the candidate and vote with my head and not my excitement over the fact that the government might make an historic move reflecting the many changes in this country. The thought that the election of McCain and Palin would also reflect the changes in our country, is scarey.
I'm looking forward to comparing and contrasting next week's Republican convention with last week's historic Democratic one.
I saw a bumper sticker that read, "Scientists for Obama", and I almost followed it to find out where it came from. Maybe I'll calm down and get back to the work of science.
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