I've been thinking the same thing he has about how this election relates to consciousness. My thought has been that people are waking up, and that whoever gets elected will be determined by how many of them have done so by election day (not that I think Obama necessarily represents an awakened state, but he's definitely a step in the right direction). I've also been thinking that according to at least one interpretation of the Mayan calendar, this is a year of dark energy and next year will be a year of light energy. The number 9 is supposed to be the number of completion, so maybe this month (the ninth month) is when we bring out a lot of that dark energy and focus on it so we can clear it out.

(Note to those who are into ridiculing discussions like this one... I don't expect anyone to agree with me, and no one else should expect me to agree with them, either.)