We have too much spirit to become discouraged

If you are at all like me, the state of our country hasn't looked much worse than it does now. The dollar is weakening, grocery prices have soared above inflation, gas has roughly tripled in price over the last 5 years, more jobs are being shipped overseas every day and the U.S. is financing an ill advised war with money our unborn children and grandchildren have yet to earn. On the other hand, I am quite young and when your only life experience is the glory days of the 1990's, the problems of today must seem exceptionally daunting by comparison.
The more news I watch, the more appalled I become. I am stunned by the fact that a republican presidential candidate is running neck and neck in the polls with a democrat in the wake of the most unpopular republican presidency ever. I am saddened by the lack of coverage the media gives pertinent policy issues in comparison with their fascination in Obama's choice of lapel pins and Sarah Palin's teen daughter.
But everything about this election hasn't been as negative as John Mccain's campaign ads. Voter turnout in many democratic and some republican primaries broke records. Young people have energized politics with their renewed sense of interest. We saw our first viable female and african-american candidates engage in a history-making primary battle, and we now have our second female VP nominee and our first black presidential nominee. History stands to be made either way in this election, and there is no better way to decide who will bring that change than a record-breaking number of voters (except maybe having the supreme court decide for us).