5PW3PM Endorses Obama

Yes, We Can. Yes, We Can. Yes, We Can.

Yes: I cried at the video. Yes: I'll be volunteering for Obama on Super Tuesday.

I believed in Edwards because I thought he brought the best of Obama's lofty rhetoric about the ideals of what America stands for down to a level of Clinton-like detail and practicality, the kitchen-table issues that motivate voters who don't always have the luxury of being high-minded at the expense of knowing they will get health care, heat, jobs, college. I would also follow Elizabeth Edwards to the ends of the earth.

But now with the field down to two, I can't sit by with an opportunity to elevate our political discourse to a level of principles and vision over cynicism and ruthless ambition.

In the words of Pirkei Avot, "Lo alecha ham-lacha l'igmohr, veh loh atah ben choreen l'hivatel mi-meh-nah"- "You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to desist from it.

The day is short, the work is much, the reward is great, and the Master is pressing.

In solidarity,

Amy