The Boss of You

E-day is here in the U.S., and I feel com­pelled to leave a brief note of encour­age­ment to any U.S. cit­i­zen who hap­pens to pause and read it today. Today is a huge oppor­tu­nity. Your right to vote is pre­cious. Please, please use it.

We have friends who are fight­ing the good fight today, who have been trav­el­ing from state to state, county to county reg­is­ter­ing vot­ers for months, and who are at polling sta­tions today doing impor­tant work like report­ing on bro­ken vot­ing machines, advo­cat­ing for dis­en­fran­chised vot­ers, and the like. My heart is full of love and pride for each of these pow­er­ful, ener­getic, and devoted souls.

I don’t think I’ve ever been this excited about an Amer­i­can elec­tion. My alle­giance will not sur­prise any­one who knows the slight­est bit about my pol­i­tics, or my per­son­al­ity for that mat­ter: I’m behind Obama all the way. I want him to be the next pres­i­dent. I want to see what hap­pens when you infuse a nation with the power of hope and belief in them­selves, when a com­mu­nity orga­nizer becomes the country’s leader.

I also want to see the Obama Hus­tle become the vic­tory dance:

I’m send­ing love, patience (for long line­ups), faith and courage to every­one in the U.S. today. Your big day is here — time to bring it on home!

(P.S. Steven Heller wrote a very cool blog post today on America’s first-ever woman pres­i­den­tial can­di­date, Belva Ann Lock­wood, who ran for office in 1884 and 1888. It’s short and fas­ci­nat­ing — go read it!)