I Can Fly

Tomorrow millions of Americans will go to the polls and decide which candidates will get approximately 40% of all of the primary delegates in their party…It’s a big deal.

The pundits have kicked around a lot of hype and as usual there is a dog-eat-dog media blitz over every single petty syllable of candidate mud slinging, but the truth is, at it’s core, this may be the most important electoral race of the modern information age.

Apart from a few divisive issues, studies have shown that the values of even the most politically opposed Americans are still mostly common. Political consultants, spin doctors, and lobbyists have created a mythical culture of a closely and deeply divided nation that simply does not exist. Studies also show that this election has brought out an assembly of richly qualified candidates that has raised the predicted (or potential, depending on how one looks at it) turn-out ratio to an all time high.

More young people are voting than ever, and more minorities are voting than ever. But as usual, women are leading the way across almost all segments of the voting population and that means our values and opinions will have the most influence on the race tomorrow and subsequently the outcome of these primary elections.

What’s at stake is the direction of the first fresh steps the country will take in the wake of policy decisions and a conflict that (some think for better, others think for worse) has permanently changed the global political stance of our nation. Thanks to term limits, even a reelection won’t guarantee our next president will have the time or the congressional cooperation to drastically alter the domestic and foreign policy climate our nation is resting in, but our next president will have an opportunity to set the tone for what could be a trans-administration prolonged effort to build consensus and dispel the myth of a closely and deeply divided nation.

All of the leading candidates have the ability to either bring about change or perpetuate traditional politics. The important thing is to vote for the candidate you believe will set the firmest foundation for what will most likely be the political paradigm of a new generation of voters and citizens involved in the political process.

Please educate yourself, get to the polls, and cast a vote in this critical time. As a nation mired in argument we have stumbled across a point of no return, pray we enter a civilized debate that will let us take our next few steps calm, collected, and together.