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The American Way: A Swing State Epiphany, Erin Ryan

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After weeks of country-rending culture-warmongering in the final stretch of the presidential campaign, my neighbors brought over some cookies last night and offered something that reminded me why we, as a nation, will always come through these ordeals intact... This very short essay tells the story of a politically divided neighborhood in battleground southeast Virginia during the final days of the 2008 presidential election. It forecasts redemption for the fractured American electorate based on a deep kindness between politically opposed neighbors on the eve of the election.