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Here I am, dipping into politics again. Tomorrow will be a historical Presidential election here in the United States. After tomorrow, we will either have our first African American president or our first female vice-president. Either way, it’s history in the making. It may not be the most appropriate day to write about TV commercials or teen idols.

I spent much of my weekend fielding calls from the Obama camp. Talk about historical! Never in my life have I seen an election where one candidate had so much publicity, who campaigned so hard! Every time I checked my caller ID this weekend, the calls were from the For Change Campaign.

Then it was the flyers left on my doorstep. Every time I’d come home, I was greeted by a glossy photo of  Barack Obama. I almost forget what John McCain looks like at this point.

Then it was the door to door campaigners. I didn’t usually answer the door when they came knocking, but my kids did on Saturday. It was minutes after I’d hung the phone up from a local pollster hawking Obama to me. I took the glossy flyer from the man at my front door and I quipped, “Boy, you guys are at my door and on the phone to me everyday. I’ve never seen a campaign like this. It’s almost harassing!”

He quipped back, “We’re only gonna lose in 3 states”. He went on to recite the 3 states, but I tuned him out.

Talk about confidence!

Yes, tomorrow will be historical either way.

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