I just got a phone call from my father. He's a wonderful man, but as a small business owner he's been a solid GOP voter for as long as I've been alive. I remember having intensely heated arguments with him after the 2000 election -- screaming, swearing, slamming down the phone arguments. I remember sitting in the car with him shaking my head and grinding my teeth as he explained to me in 1996 that, as a 19 year old newly minted voter, it was my duty to vote Bill Clinton out of office to help keep the family business strong. I just got another heated call from my old man. He's fired up and ready to vote for Obama.