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You know what I love? The posts I'm seeing from people on my friendslist who don't care about politics, or have an aversion to politics, who are all fired up after the Democratic Convention. This is awesome. People need to care. Apathy helped bring us eight years of Dubya. But it looks like Obama is waking people up and making them think, and that's so exciting.

Obama is right. This country could be great, and believe me that is not a sentiment I am too familiar with after almost a decade of being embarrassed to be from here. It could be, though, but that's not going to happen unless people start caring. We need a President who can make people care.

I think I'm actually feeling optimistic. Cautiously so, but still. I can't wait for November fourth. I can't wait to vote.