So maybe its just the euphoria of arriving on a beautiful Minnesota fall day, but I am filled with nervous excitement and not just about who will win. When I picked up my car, the 25 year old rental associate told me she was excited to be voting for the first time.  I stopped to get a haircut, and my hair dresser said she had never been as excited about an election and as a result she has spent a lot of researching issues and candidate positions on the internet. The women getting her hair cut next to me said she was going to volunteer for the first time, driving folks to the polls on election day. And my little sister, always politically aware but not always that interested, has gotten so into the election that she wouldn't let me talk about anything else when we met for lunch.

One of the big stories of this election will be early voting and not just because _{Early Voters are Breaking Records} or because it is a good sign for Obama, both of which are probably true!