01 October 2008

Identity Politics, Etc.

"Thanks, Mike." "Don't mention it, Barack."

As of today, I will be able to tell my hypothetical children that I cast a ballot for the first black President of the United States. Or that I voted for the first black presidential candidate to lose a general election. Or that I voted for the first vice president from Delaware. Or that I voted against the first female vice president. Or that I voted for...