I've been a part of this community of DailyKos for a little over a year.  I joined because I was interested in the 2008 Election, and politics in general.  As the campaign went on, I swayed between candidates Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, and John Edwards.

Their stances on the issues were close to what I was concerned about, but I settled on Obama because of his consiliatory approach (which was in line with my personality and style), his new approach to politics, and the way he pursued Howard Dean's 50-State Strategy (and improved on it immensely, in ways I could never imagine).

I'm a serial lurker.  I've read some great diaries on politics, the environment, the sciences, and personal antedotal stories by people from all walks of life.  I made comments of all types, funny, angry, happy, sad--all range of emotions.  I write what I think, stream of conscious type thoughts.  I was never inspired to share a story of mine until last night, when I met a few random people at my usual neighborhood bar in downtown Orlando.  So, this is my first (and maybe only) foray into writing a diary.