Reply #3: After 4 straight cycles of disappointment, it's hard to get more than cautiously optimistic [View All]

[LSdemocrat]

I wan't to get excited and hope for a tidal wave but my experiences since 1998, when I first started actively volunteering, have conditioned me to think of the millions of ways we could still blow this thing.

If it's any consolation to people, this is the exact feeling I had about the St. Louis Cardinals during the baseball playoffs right through the end of Game 5 of the World Series, which ended quite happily for me. :-)

If anyone is wondering why I considered 1998 a disappointment, it's because we lost a Senate race here in Missouri to Kit Bond that we had high hopes for early on in the election cycle.