Nice words Georgiann, it's not easy to be silent during certain challenges...thanks for your post, I've always enjoyed what you write.
Work at the Obama campaign offices here in CA and all over are going strong! Saturday the office was overflowing with volunteers. Lots of college students showing up...very encouraging and uplifting to see this.
If you haven't seen these yet, here's a couple of good links that are updated daily:
http://www.pollster.com/polls/
http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/