Andy Ihnatko just twittered the perfect analysis of Obama’s ‘Perfect Union’ speech:

Obama’s “Perfect Union” speech was a real “West Wing” moment. It’s the sort of thing Aaron Sorkin used to write for Jed Bartlet all the time. You know, the sort of thing that makes you think “Jeez, why is it that our REAL President never says stuff that clear, smart and inspiring?”

My thoughts exactly.

this scares me.

as we march towards november, we face the likelihood that the american people find themselves in a parliamentary race for the democratic nominee.

meanwhile, the AP will continue to re-write its headlines and the asterisk to every story will be barack obama.

stay tuned.

p.s. yes. we. can.

1: the american people are starving for change. exit polling is showing that voters cite change over experience as their motivating factor and they do it by a two-thirds margin.

2: among progressives, liberals, and working americans there is a feeling of community and togetherness that we’ve never felt before. enough with the rhetoric of hate, let’s be done with partisan politics and let’s just come together under the candidate who is DIFFERENT.

as obama said in his speech tonight, “…WE ARE THE ONES WE’VE BEEN WAITING FOR.”

this was without a doubt the most profound comment i’ve ever heard in the history of politics.

WE ARE THE ONES WE’VE BEEN WAITING FOR.

i hope you’re enjoying history as much as I am.

today, i voted for change; i voted for a new hope in america; i voted for an end to the culture of fear; i voted for those who have no voice and against those who use their voices for hate.

today, i voted for barack obama.

“But in the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope. For when we have faced down impossible odds; when we’ve been told that we’re not ready, or that we shouldn’t try, or that we can’t, generations of Americans have responded with a simple creed that sums up the spirit of a people.

Yes we can.

It was a creed written into the founding documents that declared the destiny of a nation.

Yes we can.

It was whispered by slaves and abolitionists as they blazed a trail toward freedom through the darkest of nights.

Yes we can.

It was sung by immigrants as they struck out from distant shores and pioneers who pushed westward against an unforgiving wilderness.

Yes we can.

It was the call of workers who organized; women who reached for the ballot; a President who chose the moon as our new frontier; and a King who took us to the mountaintop and pointed the way to the Promised Land.

Yes we can to justice and equality. Yes we can to opportunity and prosperity. Yes we can heal this nation. Yes we can repair this world. Yes we can.

And so tomorrow, as we take this campaign South and West; as we learn that the struggles of the textile worker in Spartanburg are not so different than the plight of the dishwasher in Las Vegas; that the hopes of the little girl who goes to a crumbling school in Dillon are the same as the dreams of the boy who learns on the streets of LA; we will remember that there is something happening in America; that we are not as divided as our politics suggests; that we are one people; we are one nation; and together, we will begin the next great chapter in America’s story with three words that will ring from coast to coast; from sea to shining sea – Yes. We. Can.”

- i’ve got a digital bathroom scale that has been going through batteries like crazy. after some investigating, i’ve traced the problem back to buster the dog. i think the little guy’s got self-image issues b/c he walks into the bathroom at least 5 times a day and stands on the scale. i know this because of the familiar *beep* that it makes when he hops on. i keep assuring him that he’s a “healthy” weight and that he shouldnt compare himself to the tiny italian greyhounds that live next door.

- picked up “the swell season” album by glen hansard the other day and have been enjoying some heart-break-acoustic music ever since. of all the tracks, i think i like “leave” the best b/c it’s written in my favorite chord progression of all time: E – C#m – B – A

i cant tell you how many great songs that are written in that heart-wrenching key. love it.

[See post to listen to audio]

- watched the democratic debates tonight on CNN. despite an invitation to join my friends at the Kodak theatre, i was stuck watching from my bachelor-pleather-sofa. nonetheless, i was proud to be a liberal tonight and even more proud to get to vote for one of the democratic party’s fine candidates. personally, no politician has grabbed hold of my conscious and held on to it with a kung fu grip like Barack Obama. This weekend I’m going to volunteer at one of his SoCal campaign headquarters, in an attempt to put him over the top in CA on super tuesday.

- are you reading “yes is a world”? if you can put up w/ me rambling on-and-on about music, politics and the buster then you would love nic’s blog. go there now.

- now you too can own a liznelson original. liz has put up a lot of her most popular work as prints on imagekind. go here and check it out.

- last but not least, i wore the farting shoes today. what sucks is that i completely forgot that my grey chuck hightops make the aforementioned farting noise until i was in the NASA Radiobiology dept on campus. Need I say more?