I’m on board with Obama — I’m old enough to be a cynic, but smart enough to know when someone’s got it going on. I even find myself digging the quasi-spiritual and somewhat hokey “join the movement” campaign theme. Reminiscent of “keep hope alive. . . “

Yep. Obama’s got people excited, and that includes me. It’ll be a long haul dragging this country back from the precipice of disaster that the Bush administration currently has us dangling over, but Obama is fresh, new and brilliant. I’ll take my chances.

And on top of it all, my emotions run high when I think about the very real possibility that my biracial kids will see the first black United States president elected as they are just beginning to enter adulthood.

In fact, one of them will lose her political virginity this year.  My daughter Quent will be old enough to vote this year, so part of her birthday festivities will be hightailing it to the DMV to register to vote, bringing our family contribution of votes for the Democratic nominee (Obama?!?!) to three.

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