When I picked up my 5 year old daughter last Thursday, we talked on our long two block walk home like we always do. Out of nowhere, she asks me, "Daddy, who is Barack Obama?" I told her that he was running to be our next president. She said, "My friend Christine told me that he IS going to be our next president. Is that true?" I looked her straight in the eye and said, "I hope so honey. For your sake, I certainly hope so."

I thought back to when I was 5 years old and I'm pretty sure that I was completely unaware of who was running for president. The kids at my daughter's elementary school are talking about the election. I am as amazed as I am proud.

Thanks for sharing your great story! :)

When I picked up my 5 year old daughter last Thursday, we talked on our long two block walk home like we always do. Out of nowhere, she asks me, "Daddy, who is Barack Obama?" I told her that he was running to be our next president. She said, "My friend Christine told me that he IS going to be our next president. Is that true?" I looked her straight in the eye and said, "I hope so honey. For your sake, I certainly hope so."

I thought back to when I was 5 years old and I'm pretty sure that I was completely unaware of who was running for president. The kids at my daughter's elementary school are talking about the election. I am as amazed as I am proud.

Thanks for sharing your great story! :)

I was excited about relocating to Nevada, because of the fact that it's a battleground state with half of the electoral votes of Wisconsin, so I feel like my vote here has a little more weight. I was even more excited about Nevada's early voting and how hard they try to make it as easy as possible.

I did have a scary moment though in getting registered, but it turned out to be my fault. I obtained my driver's license here before we had a permanent residence. We initially relocated here in our RV, so I had a business listed (Grand Sierra Resort RV Park) at the DMV as my address. We moved into our new house about 3 weeks later. They caught the problem though and quickly helped me update my information right over the phone. I was in their voter database the very next day. I was impressed with how nice they were and how quickly they pinpointed the problem and resolved my issue.

I never thought I'd cast my vote for the biggest election in my lifetime at a Scolari's grocery store, but it was quite satisfying to get my vote in early. :)

The good thing for Democrats in Wisconsin is Madison, which might just rival the east and west coast when it comes to being a liberal and open city.

I'm starting to think that the Republican's attempts to smear Obama in states where they don't stand a chance (like Wisconsin) means that they aren't trying to win the race anymore. They are just trying to make an Obama presidency as difficult as possible for Barack Obama. All they know is hate and divisiveness, so it's almost hard to blame them.

I've always been amazed at a political party that thrives and runs on hate and division in this day and age. It looks like this election might just be a repudiation of hate and divisiveness in our country. I truly hope that's the case.

While I love being a new Nevadan (just moved here this spring), I will always be a Cheesehead at heart.

I hope the ignorant fear mongers who did this are caught, prosecuted and exposed.

Their stunning ignorance reminds of that old saying, "when you point your finger at someone, 3 fingers are pointing back at you".

I sincerely hope that they find a way to trace this ridiculous bs to the ones who perpetuated it and not only prosecute them to the fullest extent of the law, but publicly expose them. This country needs to put a face on these cowardly tactics and hold people to account for their actions.

I was born in Illinois, and some people still pronounce the "s", which is highly irritating.

That said, I find it a bit scary that people threaten to stop watching a television program over a mispronunciation. That seems a bit over the top.

On a side note, we are happy that we are in a state where our vote matters a bit more. We moved here from Wisconsin, which has twice the electoral votes as Nevada, and a state where Obama has a double-digit lead. We're early voting just to be sure we count. Nevada makes early voting much easier than Wisconsin.

He said he was an Independent, when in fact he's a registered Republican. He said he's a plumber, yet he doesn't have a plumber's license. He said he was considering purchasing the business he works for, yet he later admits that he has no ability or realistic chance to actually do that.

He tried to stump Obama with a manufactured reality that was purely hypothetical. How is he surprised that he is now under so much scrutiny?

I don't want to sound negative, but to me, he came off as phony as much of the McCain/Palin campaign.

One good thing, we moved from Wisconsin to Nevada. Since Wisconsin is pretty safely "blue", I feel we (my fiancee and I) will make a bigger difference here in Nevada, where the race is much tighter.

We are early voting this week. Yayyy!