Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Change is gonna come

Nice to see the old campaign-style Obama tonight at UW-Madison.

When he said “Change is gonna come,” I couldn’t help but think of Sam Cooke, including the “It’s been a long time coming” part. Which put things in perspective. Is 20 months a long time? Sure, for people who don’t have jobs. Is it enough time to deliver on all those hopes we had two years ago when we were caught up in the presidential campaign? Nope. Not nearly long enough to dig out from that terrible mess, not long enough to give up and even think about sympathizing with the crazed opposition.

I’ve been disappointed but I can’t sit out the election. Neither can you if you know what’s good for you and every other average American.

(It’s just a form, but promising to do a thing is a step toward doing the thing.)