Yes we can

Last night, we watched Obama's speech together, and found it to be very inspiring -- not least because when he said in the middle "I get it," he wasn't just saying that he understands voter's concerns....he was in the midst of showing that he "gets" how to make a good argument for himself.

We were impressed, and are very hopeful, damnit.

Since we're fortunate enough to have some money, we'll probably send him some more, too. Afterall, he's one of our generation (one of the oldest of our generation of Thirteeners -- see http://www.fourthturning.com/html/generations___archetypes.html for what the hell I mean by "generations" in this post).

Interesting side note, Biden was born in the last year of my parents' Artist generation, while Obama was born in the first year of my Nomad generation....neatly skipping the Prophet generation of Boomers in the middle...so there!

Wa-ha-ha....

McCain is a member of the Artist generation, and in that sense is very likely to actually be "too old" to win the job -- through this lens, it has less to do with actual age, than with generational membership. The Prophet generation "Boomers" (Bill Clinton and the Current Occupant) have already come to power in the Presidency, taking that power directly from the "Hero" generation before them (the "Greatest Generation" in an unbroken line of presidents from Kennedy through George HW). So the Artists got skipped for the Presidency, and it would be historically out-of-sync for them to get it now.

No worries for my parent's generation, though, as they have been holding many seats in Congress and the Courts all these years, and exercising power in those venues, as is historically typical of their generational type.