Yes We Can

The flight from London to Delhi was interminable not just because of its length but also because we couldn’t get any news about the election.  As a card-carrying New York liberal and a Deputy Field Organizer for the Obama campaign, I am extremely invested in the outcome and not being able to watch the results role in was excruciating.  However with about 45 minutes to go in our flight, a headline came over saying the Obama had won and we danced a little in-seat jig.  Another American came back to make sure that I knew the outcome.  Somehow wearing an Obama 2008 T-shirt clued everyone to my allegiance.  What was fascinating was the enthusiasm of the Brits and Indians over Obama’s election.  Once we got to the hotel, I could go on-line to check out the election results in more detail including getting the really good news that Hamilton County shifted from Republican to Democratic.  So I felt like my four weeks of work for the campaign had some positive impact.