yes all signs -- everything points to the ultimate conclusion -- but there is a certain feeling of dread -- perhaps of disbelief. can it really be? can hope triumph over fear? will people really choose common sense and honest policies over negative personal attacks and petty devisive political maneuvers designed for knee-jerk basal responses? can it really happen?

or are just waiting, trying to prepare ourselves for another stolen election, another hanging chad, an electronic voting machine glitch fiasco, the purging of voters from the polls? can our faith and hard work really triumph over cynicism? can it be possible that we as a country will really be able to rise to the occasion and take advantage of the amazing opportunity available to us? have we really managed to evolve? to care? are we going to awake from the bush nightmare?

do you think perhaps our dread arises from the sense that although we all know we all really really need this to happen, we (as a country) just might not deserve it? we ended up here where we are by not paying enough attention -- not being involved -- and now with two wars, a dissolving economy, energy crises, global warming and climate change, all of it -- will we really wake up and take care of things? are we capable of doing the right thing after so much apathy and cynicism and fear?

stay tuned . . . for we are the at the precipice. and the suspense is almost too much to bear.