Who wins today's presidential election is obviously important, but when we try to decide on a candidate, we are left mainly with having to choose based on larger philosophical principles because the details (of healthcare reform, the economic bailout, or solutions to the debt problem) are really too much to fully understand and debate meaningfully.
So we use broad philosophical reasoning to choose a candidate who is most likely to push forward detailed programs generally consistent with those philosophical principle we carried with us into the voting booth.
And some things will change following the election. No doubt. But some things will not. That's something we would do well to remember as we argue our way (and spend six billion in political advertising) leading up to the election and then in the hangover period immediately following it.
That Thanksgiving follows this unnecessarily long and expensive process is somewhat appropriate.
If sunlight still shines on a small hill country stream, I will remain grateful for that as well.
Please click here to see who your vote will spend its time with while it rests in the ballot box.
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