You'll probably hear it on my "Video The Vote" contribution. I got so overwhelmed by this historic moment that I totally lost it. I came out crying from the voting booth.

All my neighbors were asking what was wrong. I couldn't say anything and Mark, who was still around, just said : "She's having a moment." There was a collective, "awwwwww", from everybody standing in line.

I just never though I'd see the day. I wish my father were here. He would have been so happy to cast his vote. To know that all that civil rights work he did during the 50s and 60s got us where we are.

I can't wait for the election results and for the words "Barack Obama is officially the next president of the United States". I will have lots of tissues handy this time around.

Can you feel the love?

I went looking for a local newspaper coverage of last night's very public man-lovefest between Barack Obama and Bill Clinton in Kissimmee, Florida. Most national newspapers don't have actual local reporters on the ground, so you get a point of view that completely overlooks the cultural cues of the people in the event.

It's why Jim Stratton's article for the Orlando Sentinel is so refreshing. He described the energy surrounding the event in ... ahem ... celebrity terms : People were coming from everywhere to see Clinton and Obama on the same stage because it was like seeing the improbable pairing of Elvis Presley and Bruce Springsteen.

35, 000 travelled from across the region and queued for up to 6 hours for a chance to be part of a historic night. A night in which the pretend "first black President of the United States" was endorsing as "cheerleader in chief" the real and authentic first black President of the United States.

Epic. Truly epic.

I see another Emmy in the The Daily Show's future.

"They found Sarah Palin in the wild, taught her everything, and set her loose, but they forgot one thing: she couldn't be contained." And what's most frightening? She can lay eggs by the hundreds. LOL!

I called bullshit on Twitter more than 4 hours ago:

am not saying the assault was real, but i hope the guy gets caught. i'd really hate it if it were effed up hoax

if you don't know what am talking about, it's of the "random" McCain college supporter who got robbed and attacked by an alleged Obamabot

@nezua yup. which is why it's so suspect. the timing, the characters involved. too little green footballs for my taste

Here's the "official story" :

Police spokeswoman Diane Richard said the robber took $60 from Todd, then became angry when he saw a McCain bumper sticker on the victim's car. The attacker then punched and kicked the victim, before using the knife to scratch the letter "B" into her face, Richard said.

The robber is described as a dark-skinned black man, 6 feet 4 inches tall, 200 pounds with a medium build, short black hair and brown eyes. The man was wearing dark colored jeans, a black undershirt and black shoes.
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I so totally saw that coming.

Scott McClellan just owned up to DL Hughley that he's voting for Barack Obama :

"From the very beginning I have said I am going to support the candidate that has the best chance for changing the way Washington works and getting things done and I will be voting for Barack Obama and clapping," McClellan told new CNN Host D.L. Hughley.

It's not "rats jumping ship" kind of phenomenon. We're talking about a whole stampede of people running away from Bush, the GOP and that ultimate Republican insider, John McCain.

By the way, what a way to kick off his new show!
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