The Drum Beat to Victory
I have been touring Missouri for Obama during the last month and the “grassroots” are lively. I thought of that stout-hearted ditty from the play Les Miserables, that says change comes “when the beating of your heart echoes the beating of the drum.”
I have never seen more hopeful hearts or a more robust drum beat for change. People know the future is at stake and that this is, indeed, the most important election in their lifetime. The ground operation for Obama is second to none. Polling data has no way of taking into account the vast Election Day effort that will occur in every town and hamlet across America. The superbly organized Obama Team has been working for the last two years for this moment and they are ready.
In another line from the show I mentioned above is the summons, “Who will be strong and stand with me; is there a world you long to see?” As we all know, this century did not get off to a good start; we have spent the first eight years moving in the wrong direction. Now we have a chance to start this century anew with the election of Barack Obama.
One woman I talked to said she had been knocking on doors for weeks. A number of people indicated that they would not put up a yard sign for Obama, because they did not want to irritate their neighbors. She said, “Then, they would smile and say, but my family plans to be there for Obama on November 4th.”
Election Day.
Be there.
No matter what.
