Ahead to 2008

I've been saying for weeks now that I "knew" Kerry was going to lose. I was trying to prepare myself for the worst (or, at least, the undesired), and I also just had a feeling. My Republican friend couldn't understand my conviction; to her, the race was a dead heat.

And yet, ever since I heard that Kerry was going to concede this morning, I've been a little ... sad. Not because I feel bad for Kerry. Not because I think this country is going to hell. Not because I think 59 million people did the wrong thing.

I feel sad because it's over. I don't want more months of partisan jabs, but what do we do now with the grassroots momementum? I want to get excited for 2008, when I'll be a lawyer and actually have a little bit of money and power to push John E. or Hillary or Barack or Al into office. On the other hand, didn't massive amounts of people try to make that happen today, and didn't all those efforts not work? I feel like I can't sustain enough excitement because the ugly face of failure keeps bringing me down.

Is this what not being able to hold an erection feels like?

Two thoughts have been helpful in relieving the sting of the results.
1) Barack Obama. He better do a good job. I will NOT be disappointed by the first politician that I'm actually excited about.
2) Howard Dean. If he can move on, I can too. Check out his funny radio commercial (mp3 here).