Watching the Super Tuesday breaking results, it boggles the mind what a spectacle the media has been able to make of it. Just add the word “Super” (it worked for the Bowl), bombard us with enough flashy animation/commercials and bam, you have a media event that makes you grit your teeth, cross your fingers and focus on how many states each candidate “won” forgetting that the game’s not scored in states or even in the number of delegates, but in ideas.
Despite who emerges from the media fray, there are still a lot more primaries to be had, hard work to be done and a sweeping sense that there’s a need for change–and for once, people are getting behind the idea that change is possible. Amazingly, this race has embodied inspiration, belief in the individual, collective action, and extreme optimism that this generation of change-makers has embraced and turned into a reality against all odds. So while we want to hear what you think of the candidates and will indulge in the occasional punditry in the fight for the future prez, my main hope is that this sense of hope lives on, in the voters, candidates and eventually the president and enacts the change it has inspired.


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1 Michael // Feb 6, 2008 at 10:51 am
Great points Jerri. I don’t know if it’s b/c I’m getting older but I’ve been following politics very closely. I think it’s time for Change! I think there are similarities b/w JFK and Obama. If Obama (or Clinton) wins - our kids will look at this election as a very pivotal moment in history for change!
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