I will write a few things before I leave for my week-long trip to go to a wedding/go on vacation (the last part not by choice).
I'm not going to bring my laptop with me, because I don't think that the hotels have the access I want. I don't know how I am going to last almost an entire week. I'm like a junkie who needs a quick fix; all I think about during the day is this stuff.
Anyway, let me say that I really have a decent feeling about this year's race. I think we have good people for policy, like Robert Rubin, Robert Altman, and Alan Blinder, as well as good people for politics, like Mary Beth Cahill and Govs. Granholm and Napolitano (more of a hunch than anything, but still) for the debates, and others. I think we are united; I haven't felt this way in a while. It's great to think that the Democrats are finally coming together and that people from all sides are working to bring down the Bush administration.
I'm not happy about the protectionist like rhetoric that is coming out of our side, but know it will be coming out of the other side, too. I am confident that Kerry and Edwards will make the case for free trade and sound economics, but would like to see it soon.
I'm also thrilled to see that we are getting such great crowds all over. It's such a contrast to the controlled environment-like, "ehh...whatever" response show of the Bush administration.
Oh man, there's so much to research and keep up with now. I need to learn more about people, like Granholm and Napolitano. I need to keep up with the clown show that is Alan Keyes' senate race. I also need to read more policy papers and academic reports.
Oh well, I know this is practically incoherent. But I just felt like I needed to type something before I leave, which I am just about to do.
HAVE A GREAT REST OF THE WEEK!