It's the last day before the election and a strange calm has settled over me. Gone are the butterflies in the stomach and nervous nail-chewing I was succumbing to yesterday. The latest Rasmussen poll shows Obama up +6 pts. and with a continued strong lead in the electoral college. On the other end of the scale, Gallup shows Obama with an +11 pt. lead.
Time has run out. The last speeches are being made today, the last frantic criss-crossings of the battleground states are coming to an end. The pundits have said it all and said it again. Now it's time for the rest of us who have not yet voted, to go to the polls tomorrow and cast our vote. Remember, even if there is voter suppression or fraud, the more of us who go vote for Obama, the harder it will be for the Republicans to pull off another "upset."
The feeling of calm that came over me reminds me of the day my father had open-heart surgery at age 86. I had done all the research I could on his condition, I'd pushed his doctor to procure a noted surgeon whose record I had researched thoroughly. My father was being operated on in a hospital with an excellent record for the type of surgery he was having. When he went into surgery, I wasn't nervous. I knew whatever happened would happen. But I knew I had done what I could do to make sure things went well. He came through the surgery and lived another 6 years.
Similarly, I feel as if Obama has done everything he could to win this. His strategy has been great, his ground game has been organized, enthusiastic and extensive. His budget has been huge and his advertising advantage overpowering. Sure, there was a gaffe here and there, but nothing compared to the kinds of things the McCain team has done during this campaign. I feel that Obama is as poised as a candidate can be to win. Now it's up to the voters, just as it was up to the surgeon and the nurses for my father. And, if you believe in an all-powerful Being, then that too.
Let us go forward into Election Day with all of our fingers and toes crossed and our knuckles knocking on wood!
Go Obama!
10 comments:
what concerns me is Fox just listed the polls for the swing states and all where within 1%. Of course, we should take that with a grain of salt...it is Fox!
Tonight Rasmussen is going to post their most recent polls in the battleground states so I'll be looking for those.
I don't know where Fox gets their stuff! I go to the websites of the actual polls. I'll go look at Fox and see what they are looking at!
Beautiful post, my sweet. So true. I wish I shared your confidence. Your points are noted and I need to re-read this a few times for it to sink in. Hopefully, I will feel that same calm.
I take it all back, I'm nervous all over again! The calm must have been a passing feeling...
What bothers me is the wide range of results from the various polls. I don't trust any of them at this point!
I'm trying not to think about it very much.
Well said Maui~ Obama did everything he could do. this should not even be close at all. They have grand canyon sized differences.
I'm staying positive. I too think there will such an overwhelming majority for Obama, it will squelch any tampering.
Keeping hope alive.
I hope the word for tomorrow will be *landslide*.
I'm nervous, too. It's gonna be a long day's election night. Expect a bit of a rollercoaster early on.
I agree. Obama has run an excellent campaign and McCain has been a disgrace to the disgrace-resistant Repubs. May the change begin. I am cautiously hopeful and predict an Obama win.
Oops. What I meant to say is: The good guys WILL win this time, MG.
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