Jean Carnahan was an early supporter of Barack Obama. She's been stumping around the country for the Democratic ticket. This morning, she sent me a poem she wrote for Election Day, which she posted at Fired Up Missouri:
Will You Come and Stand With MeI'd stand with Jean Carnahan anywhere.An Election Day shall ne'er go by,(Apologies to Will Shakespeare and Henry V.)
From this day to the ending of the world,
But we in it shall be remembered--
We voters, we happy voters, we band of brothers;
For he today that stands with me
Shall be my brother . . .
And those who remain this day a-bed
Shall think themselves the worst they were not here,
And hold their freedoms cheap who did not rise
And stand with me in St. Louis on Election Day.
Jean Carnahan
Missouri is a pure toss-up. I'm told the Obama ground game is unlike anything the state has ever seen.
Jean's daughter, Robin, is the Secretary of State who will make sure the process runs smoothly. It's really good to have Democrats serving as Secretaries of State.
