I'm so excited! I just can't hide it!

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Although I know one should never count one's surface to air missiles before they've exploded, I can't help but indulge in a rush of optimism about tomorrow. I'm just... optimistic!

I genuinely like both Democratic candidates, I feel their messages are fairly similar in ideology, and I believe either one will represent a landmark change in American politics. I can't not be excited about this. I voted by mail over the weekend since I'm out of state this week, and I was glad I received the ballot in time because I wanted the chance to vote on one or the other. No matter what happens next November, I can feel these history-making decisions as if they are tangible events. America is slightly but significantly different this week than it was last week. Just from the party campaigns so far, and how receptive Americans have been to a white woman and black man as presidential candidates, I believe that doors have been opened and people are more optimistic about striving for equality in politics. The Democratic nominee is going to be many things this year, but person won't be a white man. It's finally happening.

I also, through my perhaps overloaded optimism, believe that either Obama or Clinton could win against McCain, Romney, or Huckabee. I think people are more enthusiastic about our candidates than the Republicans are about theirs, and we're having a much more dramatic, nearly romantic campaign series. It's inspiring to vote for someone who literally looks and sounds different from every president before them in history.

Maybe they won't keep all their campaign promises, and maybe they'll become jaded after a year in office, and maybe they'll make mistakes or poor decisions. But we know that if nothing else, they will be different. Be they better or worse, they will be new--and that is wonderful.

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An exciting year for Democrats! And minorities! And women! And young people! I remember my history teacher told us how much of a shocker the statistics of the 2008 election were, as they include the largest percentage of youths voting since goodness knows when. I'm not surprised, though; it might be that Obama's youth and inexperience in national politics will work against him in the long run, or that Hilary's liberalness will provoke America's formidable army of Christian fundamentalists, but can it get any more interesting?