I'm taking a deep breath and plunging into my first phone banking tomorrow at 10am...
...because I have just moved to Minnesota, and I think I can make a difference here.
...because I'm tired of doom and gloom.
...because if the worst happens and the Republicans take over Congress again, I don't want to wonder if maybe I should have done more.
...because I'm broke thanks to my family being unemployed, so monetary contributions aren't an option.
...because David Plouffe is right: Person to person, story to story is how to reach the undecided and the apathetic.
...because I believe that while no one is perfect, the progressive way is the right way to the future.
...because I want my four-year-old to understand what democracy really means.
...because depression makes me feel helpless and action is a good way out of that feeling.
...because otherwise I'll feel silly every time I look out at those yard signs and think "there's got to be a way to help them out more."
...because with responsibility comes inner strength.
...because teabaggers scare the living daylights out of me, and I don't want them to be more vocal than I am.
...because I darn well wanna!
No deep thoughts, no insights, no news. Just something I can look at in November and know that tonight was the night I decided that enough is enough.