Hope versus eristic, disingenuous politics
Eristic triangulation is what Karl Rove taught politicians how to do. It often works, but at what cost? We need leadership, not sound-bites and posturing. Millions of 
Americans can’t afford health care in our own country, we’ve been ignoring the environment, all the while letting the economy get so bad that state governments are cutting education funding to make ends meet?
We’ve paid a price for equating divisive partisan bickering and listening to special interests with good leadership.
Why did I blog, (and reply to others,) hand out buttons, bumper-stickers, and yard signs, and wear Obama t-shirts throughout the campaign? Why did I help the Grassroots Finance Committee raise funds from friends and strangers? What made Obama’s volunteers repeat ourselves about the Madrassa smear, health care, Jeremiah Wright, “present” votes, and all the other things? Because too many people who still thought Obama was a 
Muslim who won’t recite the pledge of allegiance.
We forged a coalition of energized, informed voters, every day, by our actions disseminating facts. We countered the efforts and tactics of the smear-mongers without becoming mired in their negative style.
We worked in places like Iowa and Pennsylvania, where the odds are obviously long and polls show sentiment for other candidates may be strong, because we knew that when the campaign was about issues, not just name-recognition, that Barack Obama is on the best path any politician can walk; millions of Americans woke up and went to the primaries, caucuses, and polls – they are walking united behind the President.
They are Obamists. We are Obamists; Yes, we can.
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