The View from the Old Dominion

It was similar to what Doc described in Indiana: a large, friendly, orderly crowd for the early voting. The restaurant we went to for breakfast was jammed with "I VOTED" stickers; lots of energy and excitement in the room. No matter how it turns out, this is an important day in the history of the country.

Little Miss Potomac, Sr., went with me to vote and got a lesson on how to behave - and not behave - while waiting to vote. There was a couple of washed-up '60s radicals standing behind us offering color commentary on the many and manifest failures of John McCain. Evidently, their chief reason for voting for Senator Obama was that McCain's health care plan was "specific" enough. Right.

I will surprise no one by saying how much I enjoy voting. Here we are, the most important, successful nation the world has ever known conducting a peaceful transfer of power. Passions run high but they turn into ballots rather than bullets. We really are the last best hope of man on earth.