So I’ve failed to keep my pre-Ohio promise to keep this blog current like a politician who inherits a crippling deficit and has to scale back on all of his/her campaign promises. Maybe it’s the 14-15 hour days, the door-to-door canvassing in torrential downpours and hail storms, or it could be the 4 hours of sleep I’m getting a night. But every time I get a little tired or cranky or lazy, I remember the volunteer who took a semester off of school to be here, or the high schooler who spends her free time helping Barack, or the staff members who have dedicated a year of more of their young lives to run this campaign. And in that light, my contribution pales in comparison.
As if speaking to me (and scores of other volunteers), Barack said yesterday: “if we’re willing to reach deep down inside us, when times are tough, when it’s cold, when it’s raining, when it’s hard — that’s when we stand up.”
I’ll remember that as I go door-to-door in the snow this afternoon because on Nov 4th there will be no tomorrow.
