Hope Applied and Sent all the Way to PA

Well, today could be the day. And I am applying the hope I hold to the primary in PA. I love Pennsylvania, it is a great East Coast state. It is unique for the diversity it contains in terms of geographical spaces and multiplicities of subject positions. The western part of the state is split between working class blue-collar mindsets and wealthy developers and business folks. The center reaches to the margins of each of the east/west continuums. Little communities of agriculture and industry. Of course, I love Philly. A city of history so rich you can taste it in the coffee. Diversity is the defining feature of this city, and I believe that bodes well for Obama. I remember the morning in November of 2004 when I bundled River up and we walked just two blocks south to vote for John Kerry. I see myself there today. Casting a vote for Obama. I remain hopeful that the people I knew in my time there are indicative of the larger populous (intelligent, progressive, savvy of the media exploitation of political systems). I can see the students at U Penn and Temple University spurring a movement, a wave of young people stepping out of the margins and defying the polls, voting for change and transformation. I hold this hope and send it all the way to my sister-in-law who will catch it and apply it. Tomorrow we will see. Today I envision the vote, I see the decisive action that will give us Obama as the Democratic Nominee and next President of the United States.