Day 3 - One Year Later

Fair Warning: This turned into more of a rant than I had intended, I won't be offended if you skip it all together. I promise a lighter topic for tomorrow.

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You might remember that on Election Day a year ago I posted a reminder to go vote. At that time we were choosing the next President of The United States as well as the next Senator from Minnesota. If you know me, you know that I was not exactly pleased with the results of either of those races.

I am going to avoid going on a long political rant about all of the ridiculous policies that have been implemented under the Obama administration and the Congressional leadership. As you can imagine I am not overly impressed. That being said I am equally unimpressed by the current crop of leadership on the right side of the aisle in Washington.

Maybe Obama was right... we need a change in leadership. I certainly do not think he is the person to bring us "change we can believe in" but he is on the right track. It is time for a change, time to kick out long serving politicians from both political parties and bring in fresh faces with new ideas. While people have been saying this for years with little to show for it I think there are signs that people are waking up. Everyday people are attending Tea Parties, going to town hall meetings about health care reform and just plain paying attention to what is going on. I am not sure what the ground swell will look like or what the results will be. Obviously I would prefer the results to be lower taxes and less government, but I'll settle for more involvement in the short term.

While I was not pleased with the returns on Election Night 2008 I am very pleased by the awakening I have seen in the last year. For those of us hoping for a different kind of change just remember that Mid-Term elections are just 364 days away and the 2012 Presidential Election is 1099 days from today!