Reply #10: I was there in Madison -- I had no problems with it.

[ksquire]

In my adult lifetime there have been many opportunities to be disappointed with America. The "Contract with America". Bill's retreat to the right. Bill's philandering. The empty right wing attacks on Clinton. The farce that was Whitewater and impeachment. The entire last 8 years -- including a supreme court that stole an election. I was even more disappointed in us for re-electing him.

Seeing large portions of the country unite behind an extremely well qualified candidate - Obama - and put him in office DESPITE the obvious landmines (his name, his race) gives me hope that Americans aren't that dumb and that our political system isn't entirely broken.