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It’s official, Barack Obama will be our 44th President.  While I might not have always agreed with the things he’s said, I am a card carrying Democrat, and I do believe that he will be good for this nation.  I am proud to have him as our new President (and to have cast my ballot for him) and I look forward to seeing what our country can do with a new man at the helm.  We now have a little over 100 days before he will take office… what will happen in George Bush’s remaining days?

The future isn’t written, but I will say, I am proud to be alive at this moment in history, for it is a very proud day for Americans everywhere.  While racism hasn’t been defeated, it has been dealt a large blow.

Now then, I must finally get to sleep!  Good night all… may tomorrow bring even more good tidings!

EDIT – Now that it’s official, enjoy (from Patrick Moberg):

(Click here for wallpaper size)

It is looking more and more like it’s unanimous that Obama is going to win today’s election (if the predictions of most all polling sites are correct), so here’s a quick look at what they’re all thinking:

Pollster.com (Obama: 291 | McCain: 142 | Tie: 105)

Electoral-Vote.com (Obama: 353 | McCain: 174 | Tie: 11)

Real Clear Politics (Obama: 278 | McCain: 132 | Tie: 128)

And even Karl Rove himself (Obama: 338 | McCain: 200 | Tie: 0)

So we only have a few hours to go… who will be right (if you note, all are very similar)?!  What are your predictions?  Do you think they’re right, or do you feel that McCain still has a chance to pull off the win?

With only one week to go until the US Elections, it seems that at least 75% of you out there (if you’re voting) are planning to wait until November 4th.  My question is, “Why?”  If your State supports early voting, you really should go and get it over with.  We all know that most people are procrastinators, and when it comes to voting a lot of people think that their vote doesn’t count.  Well, just remember, your vote always counts if you use it… the way a lot of people “win” their elections is by hoping their opponents supports don’t vote.

As far as the election itself, it is currently assumed that with his stable 5 point lead Obama is untouchable and will be our next President, but history shows that’s not always the way it goes.  Just look at the Gallup poll of Nixon vs Humphrey:

In 1968, the race between Richard Nixon and Hubert Humphrey narrowed over the last month of the campaign, from double-digit leads for Nixon in late September to only an 8-point lead for him among registered voters in polling conducted Oct. 17-22. By Gallup’s final pre-election survey, conducted Oct. 29-Nov. 2, Nixon held only a 1-point edge among likely voters, and ultimately won the election on Nov. 5 by less than 1 percentage point, 43.4% to 42.7%.

As you can see, Nixon just barely won, even though Humphrey was way behind until the very end.  Actually, in the past, the polls have never been that accurate, as you can see in this chart:

The polls showed higher numbers 9 times outof the past 14 elections… in fact, when polling higher, it averaged 6.59 points higher.  When polling lower, it averaged 3.2 points lower.  So, what does that all mean for Barack Obama?  It means that his supporters shouldn’t just assume that he has it made since he’s polling 5 points higher… for John McCain, it means his supporters need to get out en masse and try to win this thing.  It’s been reported that in California, a State where Obama is polled at +18, when it comes to over 210,000 early voters, he’s ahead by only 1000 votes (just +0.5), so yeah, your vote does count.

To sum this entire post up:

GO VOTE.  DON’T WAIT.  YOUR DEADLINE IS 7 DAYS AWAY.

Today we remember the tragic events of September 11th, 2001.  It’s been seven years already, and yet the ringleader of the terrorists behind these attacks still roams free.  The war in Iraq still trudges forward and the hunt for Osama bin Laden is still out of the spotlight.

Hopefully whoever the next president is, be it Barack Obama, John McCain, or even a third party candidate, they will help protect this country from any further attacks and step up the hunt to bring bin Laden to justice.

It’s hard to believe it’s been seven years since that day… if you had a child the day of the attacks, they’d be entering second grade this year.  It’s amazing how time flies and how old wounds tend to take longer to heal.  In related news, they’ve finally finished the design for the WTC Memorial entrance… I really hope that the buildings are started (and completed) sometime soon.

So, as is custom, where was I, the morning of September 11th, 2001?  I was in bed and had been woken up by Jessica when it first came on the news.  I then spent the rest of the day trying to call relatives who live within a few miles of the towers.  Luckily none were injured

Where were you?