I have long removed myself from the category of undecided and have placed my vote for change. I do not clearly put myself into a political party and find virtues in both underlying perspectives. I can remember when I first started working on Wall Street, I registered as a Republican. Coming from a background of trade unions and collective bargaining I was voicing my defiance and rejecting the need to be protected from the forces of capitalism. Young and successful it seemed clear to me that lower taxes and less government was a good thing. Not only was it self interests that motivated me, I felt your life was in your hands, you would work hard to survive.

Since there has been a republican in the White House my life has gone through a complete change. I can not hold the commander in chief responsible for the death and illness that has visited my world or even that I can no longer see the world trade towers out of my living room window. But the divisiveness in the world and in the neighborhood is a reflection of how we have been governed. Reagan had a conservative agenda; he seemed to be effective, Carter was a democrat and lost control. So you can see I am not firmly in one camp but believe we benefit from the dynamics of both. And now we have ventured to far in one direction, I believe, and need to reestablish our balance as a nation, the polls open in ten minutes so I better get ready.