the reality:

november third people came into our office crying.....  i heard so many stories while i was working on the campaign it is hard to swallow it all.  The older grandmother who gave up buying groceries becuase they could not afford the drugs they need to survive, forced to go to soup kitchens.  these are people that made it through the great depression both world wars and the cold war.... forced to go to soup kitchens just to eat.  or there is the lady that broke down crying on the phone to a complete stranger because her son was leaving for iraq the next day.  or the people that volunteered every day because they had lost their jobs.   or the manufacturing plant within the town I worked in that laid off hundreds of people while i was there. then on november third people came into the office crying.  i will be fine the next four years, it is possible i could get drafted.  it is certainly something in the back of my head.  other than that and the increasing costs of going to college, i will be fine.  but that is not the case for all americans and that is the reality of this election.