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I loved Bill Clinton. That was the first time I realized the president was more than just a figurehead like the queen or the pope. He seemed like a president who was human, accessible and yet, continuously changing the way things were run and improving them. It helped that my first real job was with AmeriCorps-the domestic peace corps, a program he strongly supported and which has steered me toward the path I'm on right now. I really liked Hillary because she seemed to be his equal, in both intelligence and presence. Chelsea was someone in our age group so I figured he'd definitely make decisions that were positive for our generation, if only because of his daughter. When he came down to Coronado for a vacation, I remember going down to the beach to try to catch him jogging.

Last night I had a dream that Barack Obama came to my house and we had a really long, interesting conversation but the next day, nobody believed it happened. I was really frustrated and tried to get him to come over again to prove that we had hung out the day before but he couldn't because there was someone trying to get him. That might be my second biggest fear. I am nervous that something will happen on Tuesday and he won't get elected, but I am almost equally nervous that some lunatic will try to hurt him or his family. I don't think I'd be surprised since he has evoked such strong emotions from people over the past few years, but it would be further proof that there's a high price to pay for being different and revolutionary.

Tuesday is taking too long to get here. In the meantime, there's youtube...