I spend a good 3 hours a day with CNN on, either in the breakfast room at the hotel or in my room when I'm working there. It's so funny, because in Freetown I had essentially no news on the election (except snipets when BBC World Service felt like teasing me) and now I'm totally inundated with it. And, while I was still following it to some extent there, I wasn't up on the hourly changes. It's totally addictive once you have 24-hour news, though. Which is silly, because things do not change that fast! So I end up watching the same stories, same clips, over and over again. (Now I really understand the Daily Show). The problem with this is that I feel really powerless! I wish I was out there campaigning, I wish I could vote in person, I wish I could make a difference in these crucial last days to help Obama win.
But then I see people on TV shivering in the cold and rain in voting lines or campaign rallies and I go to the beach and feel a little better....there are some positives to absentee balloting!
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