Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2008
Publication Title
Hampton Roads Partnership
Publication Title (Abbreviation)
Hampton Roads P'ship
Abstract
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.
Faculty Biography
https://law.fsu.edu/faculty-staff/erin-ryan
Recommended Citation
Erin Ryan,
The American Way: A Swing State Epiphany
Hampton Roads P'ship
(2008),
Available at: https://ir.law.fsu.edu/articles/682
Comments
A version of this article also appeared in the Chicago Tribune on November 6, 2008 ("A Swing State Voter's Epiphany").