Guest Post - Baldy in a Battleground - Episode 14

Baldy in A Blue State

I cannot describe the feeling here last night. Tears were shed, so many tears, and I think we're all stunned today. Messages have been pouring in from my volunteers. Everyone is asking to be pinched. Can this be real? Tears of joy on the day after election day - some of us have never known the feeling.

We've been working to get out the vote here officially since Wednesday the 29th. After seven full 18+ hour days, it finally paid off. My precincts were reporting at 65%, excluding early votes, before 11am yesterday. Unbelievable.

One of my volunteers knocked on the door of an 81-year-old woman who proudly answered the door with her "I Voted Today" sticker on her blouse and announced that for the first time in her life she had voted. The undeniable force that is Barack Obama motivated her to exercise her right to have her voice heard.

Another of my volunteers knocked on a door that was answered by an 18-year-old man. He'd turned 18 shortly before the deadline to register to vote, but didn't have a way to the polls. Fifteen minutes before the polls closed, this young man was driven to the polls to cast the first vote of his life, for Barack Obama.

I am humbled and honored to have been here on the ground to witness history. Ordinary citizens are capable of extraordinary things. Together, yes we can. And boy, did we.

And now, sleep. Yes, I will.