GOT OUT THE VOTE

"Man is a special being, and if left to himself, in an isolated condition, would be one of the weakest creatures; but associated with his kind, he works wonders."

--Daniel Webster

First of all, everyone, Congratulate yourselves. Seriously! You worked, you phoned, you forwarded, you texted and you did it. Welcome to Barack Obama's America.

Voter turnout BLEW RECORDS OUT OF THE WATER. "Americans were voting in numbers unprecedented since women were given the franchise in 1920. Secretaries of state predicted turnouts approaching 90 percent in Virginia and Colorado and 80 percent or more in big states like Ohio, California, Texas, Missouri and Maryland."

Even Tim Robbins ran into problems, when the actor/director and longtime activist discovered that he was not on the voter rolls in the polling place he's voted at for years. "At one point, a poll worker who tried to get the insistent Mr. Robbins to move mentioned calling over a police officer, and the actor responded, "Is this some kind of intimidation? I'm taking this as intimidation." He added that he was prepared to be arrested, if necessary. It did not get to that. Mr. Robbins was offered the chance to fill out an affidavit ballot. He filled it out, but did not submit it, and instead insisting on speaking to an official from the city's Board of Elections, who informed him that he could go to the board's Manhattan office, at 200 Varick Street, near West Houston Street. There, board officials verified that Mr. Robbins was indeed a properly registered voter, in the board's database."

A footnote: If you're like me, you may have wondered if Barack Obama's grandmother's vote had already been cast and if it was counted. Rest assured.