Saving the best for last, this morning Barack Obama rallied Nevadans on the hilltop football field of Coronado High School in Henderson. The time had come, he argued, to "turn the page" from the broken policies and divisive politics of the past. "In three days," he told his audience, "at this defining moment in history, you can give this country the change we need."
Obama critiqued his opponent's economic policies and discussed his own plans to address the deep troubles facing our country. But today he also spent considerable time addressing his hopes for America's future. Americans, he reminded us, have overcome hardship before. "Nevada, I know these are difficult times. But . . . the American story has never been about things coming easy--it's been about rising to the moment when the moment was hard . . . That's how we've won great struggles for civil rights and women's rights and workers' rights. And that's how we'll write the next great chapter in the American story . . . That's what hope is--that thing inside that insists, despite all evidence to the contrary, that there are better days ahead. If we're willing to work for it. If we're willing to shed our fears. If we're willing to reach deep inside ourselves when we're tired, and come back fighting harder."
His message was clear. Now is the time for struggle. Now is the time to fight for change. "Don't believe for a second this election is over," he warned. "Don't think for a minute that power concedes. We have to work like our future depends on it in these last few days, because it does. But I know this, Nevada, the time for change has come."
After Barack's speech, the soccer field behind the stadium filled with hundreds of fired up people who got organized by region into canvassing teams. They would soon disperse to knock on doors and tell their fellow citizens, one at a time, why they are supporting Barack Obama for president.
Change begins on November 4. With three days left, it's time for all of us to get out every last vote.
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