Here we are on the eve before we discover who will become the next President of the United States. Already it is set to be a historic election.

• We will either have the first African-American as Commander in Chief, or the oldest ever President and the first woman in an Executive office.
• We will see record voter turn out all over the US (California, Nevada, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Louisiana, Minnesota and more…)
• We’ve been on the election trail for nearly two years… the longest and costliest campaign in US history.
• The next President follows Bush’s historically low approval ratings and many difficult challenges.

But what happens after tomorrow?
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Wow. This is impressive no matter your political persuasion. When was the last time a politician… ANY politician… drew a crowd of over 100,000 people to hear him speak. Well, apparently it was just a few hours ago, and it was Barak Obama in St. Louis!

According to this Wall Street Journal blog:

Barack Obama attracted 100,000 people at a Saturday rally here, his biggest crowd ever at a U.S. event.

The crowd assembled under the Gateway Arch on a sunny Saturday afternoon to hear Obama speak about taxes and slam the Republicans on economic issues.

Lt. Samuel Dotson of the St. Louis Police Department confirmed the number of attendees piled into the grassy lawn by the Mississippi River.

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My step mom sent this little gem over. It’s a fantastic cartoon from Jib Jab (the folks who put together the John P. and Snoop Dog video) that pretty much sums up the whole election process.

We’ve got all our favorite characters here… George W., John McCain, Barack Obama, Hillary, and the rest of the Capital Hill gang. But don’t worry. It’s not political commentary. Everyone gets roasted equally!

Enjoy!
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There is a awfully long time until the next presidential election, so I’m not really taking any campaigning that seriously yet, but I keep running into Obama links and activities online and finally decided to check out his Web site.

Before I talk about the results of my investigation I’ll share the only three pre-conceived notions I had about him before I took a look at his site:

1. He’s African-American.
2. He’s a smoker.
3. He’s got very little political experience.

Certainly none of these things has any bearing on whether this man would make a good President, but that’s about all I thought I knew about him. So, here is what I learned after I visited his site…
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