First of all, that is some very good analysis by Maze. The transparency has truly been unprecedented. Personally, I think it allowed the army of people to get involved without feeling like they were practicing a dark art of political deception. I know that I was proud to be doing what I was- that working for Obama was a noble and worthy task and I didn't for a second feel guilty for engaging people on their doorstep, on the street, on the phone. It's been a game changing, paradigm shifting time for me.
Not to get all ahead of myself, but if this election is a preview of Obama's concept of public service and how government doesn't have to larger or smaller, but just more organized and efficient, than I think there are some revolutionary and long overdue changes in the works for our country. That is, at least, what I am hoping for. So much of this Dem vs. GOP, large government vs. small misses the point, because it assumes that you have to be large and costly to get things done.
Firstly, technology, which is so a given with people our age, renders this argument archaic. Second of all, this is America, and I don't know why we can't have a lean, smart, well-governed country. The Republicans are the party of pessimism because their concept of government is rooted in this defeatist attitude. Just as a little case in point/pet peeve... how stoopid is it that we are still worried about voting machine errors, touch screen problems, registration issue etc. How much money have the states spent dealing with this, apparently to no end and with no established set of best practices? Uh.
That's it. I'll be tittering and sending photos from Battleground Pennsylvania tomorrow.
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