Pivot Point

C.P. Silverman — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 22:04:48 +0000

Twenty-six years ago today I made a choice to become fully observant of Jewish/Torah Law. I was 35. My life before that point was one thing. Afterwards I became someone else. One day I was that person. Next day I was this person. Essentially, I remained the same. Fundamentally, everything changed.

35 plus 26 = 61. This is where I am now.

The current Presidential Election will be the eleventh in which I will vote. In these past campaigns, I was thoughtful and deliberate before I made my choice about whom to vote for.

This year it is my intention to follow the travelers on the road to the White House as closely as I can, in my own way and style. This WebLog will monitor and record my own thoughts and deliberations about how I decide where my vote will go.

Today, with the primary “over,” I am truly undecided as between Mr. Obama and Mr. McCain. My only sources of information about the Presidential Race are listed on the left. My birthday is January 19. The gift I will give myself by writing this journal will be to know how and why, as best I can, the man sworn-in on the next day got there from here.

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C.P. Silverman — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:18:30 +0000

THE ESSENTIAL REPORT FROM LAST NIGHT VIA NYT.COM:

Senator Barack Obama is poised to clinch the Democratic presidential nomination on Tuesday night as he received support from a steady stream of prominent party officials, signaling that the grueling primary battle with Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton is coming to a close….All eyes will be on the candidates’ public appearances after the primaries finish this evening. Mr. Obama is staging a victory celebration in St. Paul, Minn., inside the same arena where Senator John McCain of Arizona is expected to formally accept the Republican nomination in September…

AND THEN–

Senator Barack Obama secured the Democratic presidential nomination on Tuesday evening, prevailing through an epic battle with Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton in a primary campaign that inspired millions of voters from every corner of America to demand change in Washington…. Mr. Obama’s victory moved the presidential campaign to a new phase as he tangled with Senator John McCain of Arizona in televised addresses Tuesday night over Mr. Obama’s assertion that Mr. McCain would continue President Bush’s policies….

AND SO I WILL BEGIN….

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Pivot Point

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