So what truly matters in this campaign? Is it what's happening on MSNBC, Wright's latest idiocy, Hillary's antics?
No, what truly matters is that we have the chance to have a once in a lifetime leader, which Barack Obama is.
I have been reminded of this yet again tonight. I came across a clip of Barack Obama talking in 1995, when he was 34, promoting his book "Dreams from my Father". It is just 13 minutes long but he shows himself to be the same thoughtful, self-aware, brilliant man that he has always been. He talks briefly about the incident with his grandmother where she confessed fear of black men, expresses the idea that we neither live in a colorblind society (like conservatives like to say) nor is race everything in our society (like Wright thinks) and he talks about what his family means to him. It's a FANTASTIC interview. And if you want to see the consistency of his character, the last thing he talks about is how to "get past the divisions that we face right now".
Listening to this "blast from the past" has immediately calmed me down. I know that we won't let anything happen to this campaign because it's too important.
Not this time.
(Link to interview)