Having been singularly impressed by the higher qualities of Barack Obama’s mind and spirit, I remain whole-heartedly convinced he will be the next President. Obama is coming at this project from an entirely different perspective, and people feel that. He appeals to reason and intelligence. There’s an intuitive connection to the unconscious. What resonates is the inherent sense of fair play in all our souls. Shoot, even if I’m imagining all this, he’s still the one because of what he can elicit.

I have to think humanity’s best impulses are stronger than the worst. Otherwise, I’d be dead already. (Those words are not written lightly.) But our political and cultural leaders are, for the most part, hopelessly mired in outdated, fear-drenched conventional wisdom. Who would not despair of healing them, and should one even try? Just walk away and live your life the way you really want to, I say to myself.

It’s a tough job, but someone has to do it. Maybe everybody should!

UPDATE: I just watched a great video of Obama at a labor rally in Pennsylvania. I could post these things all day. Damn, he’s good.