- Further: Obama’s speech. Sam Cooke, Lincoln, puppies, and the Bible. The omen I should have picked up on was catching a truly gifted Red Line busker singing “A Change Is Gonna Come” the other day. Probably the best busker I’ve ever seen–a saintly voice. It takes guts to do “A Change Is Gonna Come.” And he pulled it off.
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All the “Yes we can” and “Si se puede” chants on Michigan leaving the rally. It was a bit like what I imagine Berlin was like just after the Wall fell.
Obama whatever, the big news tonight is that Virgil Goode might lose. Goode used to be a tolerable, libertarian conservative Southern Democrat-turned-Republican whom I didn’t pay much mind (I grew up next to his district, but not in it), until he started going berserk over Muslims and coming across like a damn fool. I realize that this is a fairly obscure race, and one I didn’t even pay attention to because I figured Goode would walk away with it, but it’s resonant. Obama’s victory is a watershed moment, but within a narrow timeframe it’s not surprising. Goode facing defeat knocked me on my ass.
