Bring It On! Election 2008

…Malaise

Among all Americans, 19% approve of the way Bush is handling his job as president and 77% disapprove. When it comes to Bush’s handling of the economy, 14% approve and 79% disapprove.

Among Americans registered to vote, 18% approve of the way Bush is handling his job as president and 78% disapprove. When it comes to the way Bush is handling the economy, 15% of registered voters approve of the way Bush is handling the economy and 79% disapprove. — ARG 

This is what failure on all fronts looks like. America is a county ripe for change. We have been to abyss, watched our talent and treasure heaved down it like so much offal, and realized the taste in our mouths doesn’t just taste like shit, it is shit. This is why Obama will win. Not because he will be a even handed executive, not because he inspires people desperate for a new direction, but because he is inspiring them to participate in the work it will take to climb back out and regroup.

 He wants us to own our redemption.

A source of mine tells me that an Obama fundraiser confided to him that the Obama campaign is on track to raise a startling sum in the month of February:

More than $36 million.

Obama raised $36 million in January, and given his victories and momentum, it makes sense that he’d be on track to exceed that and have his best month ever right now. An Obama spokesperson declined to comment.

Separately, here’s another astonishing statistic: The campaign will soon report that it has enjoyed its millionth donor. — Talking Points Memo

One million Schmoes. One million people deciding, enough.  One million saying, yes WE can. It’s about electing a leader who doesn’t need to be a star, doesn’t have overweening vanity clouding his judgement, one who is content to chart our course and let us get busy. Our country, our democracy, our redemption.

Move over malaise, it smells like American spirit is back in the house. Thank God.

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