The Benefits of Living In a Swing State

The election is less than a month away and the importance to win Ohio is weighing heavily on the candidates. This benefits us voters in a good way. I don't think it's any secret that Dennis and I are Democrats and are supporting "change" by voting for Obama. Yesterday, we got to go to a free concert sponsored by the Obama campaign called the "Vote For Change" rally to get last minute un-registered voters registered on the OSU campus. People go to free concerts all the time for their local barbershop quartet or HS Jazz band. But, this was much, much better than that. This concert featured a well-known artist that sells out stadiums at about $100 a ticket.The artist was none other than "The Boss", Bruce Springsteen!It was totally awesome. It could have only been better if Obama would have been there himself (though American Hero, John Glenn, also made an appearance). Bruce came out playing the way only a wanna-be-hippie mama would want him to play, just Bruce with his acoustic guitar singing in his Woodie Guthrie way about being proud to be an American and the American dream and the suffering of the working man. Along with a few chants of "Yes, we can!" (which strangely brought me back to my cheerleading days when the Thompson HS football team was state bound and the rallying cry was "believe to achieve.") It was awesome. It was totally free. It was 1/2 mile from our house. What more could a woman want from a concert?
Eli was being particularly crazy with his dancing.Sadie thought the whole thing was particularly loud. Either that or she was strongly disagreeing with what Bruce was singing about. Though she wore her Obama button with pride.
Now, if everyone would just go out and vote for Obama everyone's life would be much, much better!