Dear Senator Obama, Since January of this year, I've been absolutely committed to getting you elected. I've donated to your campaign, I've canvassed for you, I've volunteered to work in the office around the corner, and I've even put my marriage into severe stress by refusing to sit idly by and once again allow my Republican spouse to cancel out my vote. But I need your help. And I need it now. I knew it was going to be a rough campaign. I even suspected that Sarah Palin would be the choice for their ticket after seeing her profiled earlier this year. Why didn't you? I also suspected that the Republicans would use every single weapon at their disposal, including the financial markets, race, war, and terrorism (their little deck of fear) to intimidate voters into electing them. But I believed you when you called upon us to be the New American Majority. This is what I wrote in February:

Overall, I loved the Tahoe. It was easy to drive, handled great (the turning radius was better than my ancient Honda, a much smaller but not better car).  It felt good to drive, and it's clearly been designed with women in mind. Lots of room for cups, kids, and even a DVD player and headset for the kids.  Well done. Things I loved

If you know me and my style of blogging, you know I won't gloss over the flaws in a product, even if the company gives me a free sample or use of it before writing about it.

Impressions of the drive: Smooth, fast, economic, and fun.  Great carpool buddies go a long way toward making a long drive easy, and it doesn't hurt to have a vehicle to drive that has just about everything anyone needs (except perhaps a coffeemaker) to ease the way on the road.  We took a wonderful tour of San Luis Obispo, ending in a  wonderful lunch before tacking the most boring part of the drive through Central Callifornia. All very, very good.

The lovely white Chevy Tahoe was delivered this morning with characteristic bells and whistles for our house, which is to say it was a low-key affair. The nice GM folks called when they arrived, had me sign on the dotted line and handed me the keys. All car transactions should be this painless.