Time Flies

As the deadline for early voting, and voting in general, inches closer I am noticing that just four years ago this topic was not relevant to me or even on my mind. "Four score and seven years ago" I was too a freshman but more fresh than man.

I was a middle-schooler jumping into the ever-complicated world of politics and an integral time.

The possibilities of the first black president or first female president had set the states into a frenzy. The tantalizing smell of opportunity was rich in the local and national air. But now, this election cannot promise the same. The smell is gone, the hairs are gray, and the bags under our political and economic policies how signs of tiredness. Yes, the presidential race may be the most influential in some time but the real battle is not for the Head of the iceberg but instead for the mass underwater.

The average citizen will vote for who they want to take over and take care of this fiscal situation. However, those who have stood up to the challenge must remember that they too are freshman, and in four years all they have done will be challenged at a new level.