Last night at his rally in Bristow, Virginia, President Obama departed from his prepared speech as he was wrapping up and made the following remarks that reflect the best of his philosophy and the best of this site's "community - action" ethos:
I was backstage with David Plouffe. Some of you guys know he’s sort of a mastermind of campaign organization. And we were talking about how as the campaign goes on, we’ve become less relevant. I’m sort of a prop in the campaign. [Laughter]. He’s just botherin' a bunch of folks, calling asking what’s going on.
The power is not with us any more. The planning – every thing we do – it doesn’t matter because now it’s all up to you. It’s up to the volunteers. It’s up to somebody knocking on a door. It’s up to somebody making a phone call. It’s up to somebody talking to their mom or their dad or their wife or their husband or their grandma or grandpa. And that’s how democracy is supposed to be! It’s up to you! You’ve got the power!
A short diary, I know. But this is all people on this site need to think about for the next 60 hours. Everything else is secondary. Full video after the squiggly. The improvised piece that's quoted above comes at 25:15.