Update: Since all of you nice Obama supporters have done what I've asked of you, and this diary has made the Rec List, I've decided to move the goal posts (I'm a Clinton supporter... we're allowed to do that).
This diary must now make the top half of the Rec List (#1-#4).
2nd Update: Well, it's up to number #4 now... but if the phone were to ring (it's close to 3 am on West coast), I'm not sure I'd be comfortable voting for Obama knowing that there are still three more highly Rec'd diaries than this.
*raises the bar to #2*
3rd Update: Since you appear to be stuck at #4, let me tell you what we'll do...
What we do is, if we need that extra push over the cliff, you know what we do?
4th Update: The runner is now on 3rd. Bring me home.
5th Update: All of the hard work has paid off, and this diary is now #2 on the Rec List.
But unless this diary is #1 outright, I'm afraid I may still have to consider this...
6th Update: Looks like we made it.
As promised, I voted for Obama [in the Zogby Interactive poll I received]. Expect to see some momentum in the next few days.
7th Update: If you haven't Recommended this diary yet, and you're wondering whether you should even bother at this point, let me just remind you that I'll probably get polled again in the future.
So, with that in mind, you should ask yourself...
...and Recommend it.
8th Update: I see that the notorious "kid oakland" has knocked me from my rightful place atop the Rec List (some might call it a "coup").
Lucky for me, I held onto a piece of insurance... namely, my poll response. I won't be sending it out for another hour.
If this diary is not returned to the throne by then, I promise you this...
9th Update: We've come this far... maybe we (the royal we) can go a little further.
Front Page My F*cking Diary, Kos!
10th Update: It looks like I got a little ahead of myself there... apparently kid oakland is gonna fight me for #1.
11th Update: Wherein I LOL @ kid oakland
12th Update: I just received an e-mail which contained some very disturbing (dare I say, unAmerican) info.
According to my source(s), Obama's recent [allegedly] elitist comments – the ones that caused so many bittersweet feelings – were in fact dog-whistle pandering to the "Special Dark" in Hershey, PA.
Fortunately, the tubes were clogged when I tried to send my response to Zogby earlier, so I still have a chance to change my vote.
And Kos still has a chance to front page my f*cking diary.
13th Update: I'm hearing from some of you (via ESP) that the whole "Special Dark" thing is just a rumor coming from residents of Celebration, FL who are pissed about the delegate situation.
Unless you're Kos, please disregard what I said in the 12th Update.
14th Update: Dr. Phil just busted into my apartment.
Developing...
15th Update: Drink plenty of fluids, he said.
16th Update: I'm making a substitution.
17th Update: This is my "Mission Accomplished" moment.
18th Update: Well, wouldn't you know it... within a mere 5 minutes of my last update, things have taken a turn for the worse.
Oh well...