Well, today’s the day. Either way it goes, we make history–the first African-American president, or the first female vice-president.
Whitney got up and voted a little after 6, and faced a long line at our polling station. I went a little after 7; while there were lots of folks, I was done in 10 minutes. Everyone was chatty and “up”–we know this is a big deal today.
I guess that ever-present barrage of advertising (particularly in the vitriolic McConnell/Lunsford Senate race) is good for something!
Predictions:
* Mitch is toast. The $700 Billion bailout killed him. History will show it to be the correct move, but Kentuckians disapprove of Republicans who make tough calls. Ironically, it’s probably the move *I* respect him for the most.
* Landslide victory for Obama, close to the 1984 Reagan landslide.
* Absent his benefactor McConnell, David Williams, president of the KY state senate, is deposed in a palace coup come January.
* The second coming of the Carter Administration–high taxes, high unemployment, and contracting American power on the world stage. Only this time, there’s no manufacturing sector to resuscitate. It’s now in China, and it’s not coming back.
* Obama will prove to be more Andrew Johnson than Jack Kennedy. He’ll find himself at the mercy of an unbalanced congress, blessed (or cursed) with a 60-vote supermajority in the Senate, bent on reshaping the landscape of America.
The intellectual elite may rejoice at the above, but as a citizen and a patriot, I can’t. I voted for McCain, unabashedly so. His choice of Palin as a running mate was poor. He ran a poor campaign after the convention–refusing to be himself, not listening to his advisors. Still yet, he’s the guy I wish had won in 2000, and I support him still. Not that it’ll matter, probably.
I guess we’ll know tomorrow what this new landscape (or moonscape!) looks like.
Regardless, I urge any and all of my fellow citizens to go out and vote!