Today is a milestone of sorts. It represents the beginning of a year that hopefully will see the departure of the Republicans from the White House and a Democrat elected to take their place. It hopefully will also see gains for the Democrats in the House and Senate.
It's hard to imagine a period in our recent history when there was so much to clean up. On the bright side, polls look good for us. On the not-so-bright side, polls don't elect Democrats to office -- people do. The short version of American Democracy ought to read: It's not going to happen on its own.
So in a sense, today marks a day when we all should be thinking about our own role in the coming year. We all have loads of other responsibilities to take care of. That's a given. But many of us are lucky enough -- or maybe crazy enough or pissed off enough -- to have a little time left over to dedicate to things like this.
The question then is how we want to allocate the time and for whom. Whatever we decide, our country is a better place as a result of our participation.
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