A New Milestone In People-Powered Democracy

Today Barack Obama's campaign set yet another record in US history (he is kind of like Michael Phelps in that way, he just keeps breaking his own records), this time it was having an amazing 2,000,000 Americans donate to his campaign so far. Everyone thought it was a huge deal when he broke 1 million, and it was, but now an unprecedented 2 million Americans (and counting) have been inspired by Obama's campaign and the movement for change, and they have become engaged in politics, many for the first time in their lives. It is really a great day, not for Obama, but for democracy. Again, it should be made clear, this isn't about Obama, and Obama has been clear about that from the very beginning. It is about people being fed up with an unresponsive and reckless government, and a deep desire for a new direction.

So expect more negative attack ads from McCain attacking those people for supporting Obama, and trying to convince America it is a bad thing to be inspired or politically engaged. But hey, that's pretty much McCain's new campaign slogan: Go back to sleep, America.