I've been thinking all night about Obama's concession on offshore drilling. I'm a fairly pragmatic person so his quote wasn't an "oh noes" moment for me. I've tried to explain to people I know why offshore drilling is nothing but a BS campaign year boondoggle but gosh darnit their gas costs lots and they seem to think gasoline will come pouring out of the ocean beds if we just make some holes down there. Sigh. So to be honest I am content with this decision, it's a loser as an issue with the general population and his framing was exactly right. He's for it as long as it is part of a comprehensive energy bill that addresses alternative energy in a serious fashion and as long as the drilling in question is as ecologically safe as possible. You can drive a truck through most of his caveats but whatever ;)

Hi, I don't post here much but I do like to read. Its an interesting and cantankerous community. Very committed and it seems quite at odds.

I wrote a diary here a few weeks ago called "Pollyanna". I wrote as a supporter of both candidates. I was ultimately an Obama supporter and voter but I would have been happy with either. Two good Democrats, two great choices.

I come here pretty much free of experiences on blogs in general. I tried Dkos and felt stupid and generally outgunned, even though my candidate in the primary was the favorite there. I still like it there, for reading, it is a place that helped me get more involved. I even had the experience of going to the RBC meeting because of the information posted there. It was an education! EJ Dionne talked to me because, apparently, I was the only one in the room reading a book during the interminable "lunch break" ;)

(update) I was reading "Atonement" which made me happy because I very easily could have been reading Dean Koontz or Stephen King and I'm pretty sure if I had "Duma Key" in my lap EJ would have written me off. Oh and my copy of "Atonement" was not the movie reprint, it was the trade paperback...and checked out of the library no less. I was definitely the anti-Harriet Christian :D