Recently in a chatroom that I frequent, someone from Michigan told us that she plans to vote for Cynthia McKinney in the election because "...in MI, due to the demographics, any vote for Obama isn't gonna make a hill of beans worth of difference. This state will go McCain - especially if Romney is his VP." She also stated straight up that she knew that the machines were already rigged for this election, so no matter what, Obama couldn't win.
This is the kind of attitude that worries me. Obama's message of Hope and Change may be coming too late for some people in this country who are already cynical because of years of "new boss, same as the old boss." Hell! I remember when I first read through his Blueprint for Change, I was flabbergasted! There was no way someone could actually believe these ideas were possible! People think Obama is biting off more than he can chew. They think he's too optimistic and naive. Even worse, they think that he won't win, so why vote for him.
While spreading Obama's promises of Hope and Change, we also need to reenfranchise the people. People want to be reassured that their votes Will count. Otherwise, Obama will have a worse enemy than McCain: Apathy.
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