Commentary: It's not about luck, but you -- the voter

Editor's note: Campbell Brown anchors CNN's "Campbell Brown: No Bias, No Bull" at 8 p.m. ET Mondays through Fridays. She delivered this commentary during the "Cutting through the Bull" segment of Monday night's broadcast.

(CNN) -- On the eve of the election, the campaigns are relying on their lucky charms. That was the gist of a story on Politico.com Monday.

Did you know there are 20 guys in Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama's Ohio office who haven't shaved since Obama pulled ahead of Republican candidate Sen. John McCain in that state?

Or that there is a McCain aide who wears only his pair of socks that have the palm trees on them? McCain fan Sen. Joe Lieberman is sporting his lucky sweater, while an Obama press secretary is putting on her lucky cowboy boots.

So far, it is reported, thank goodness, that no one has outdone James Carville and his decision to wear the same pair of underwear for an extended time when Bill Clinton's poll numbers started going up. Watch Campbell Brown's take on lucky charms »

The candidates themselves are hardly immune to superstition.

Obama is carrying in his pocket at this moment an array of trinkets given to him by voters. That includes a lucky poker chip, an American eagle pin and a tiny statue of the revered Hindu monkey king.

McCain, the fighter pilot, has a similar stash: a lucky penny, a lucky feather and a lucky compass.

So what does all of this tell us?

That campaign aides and the candidates are reaching for ways to control something they know is no longer in their hands.

As of now, this whole thing is entirely up to you. My guess is there is very little John McCain or Barack Obama can say between now and Tuesday morning that will change your mind. They both know that.

So, while they fill their pockets with lucky charms, their fate -- our fate -- the fate of the country is in your hands. Whatever the weather, whatever the hassle, go get in line Tuesday. No matter who wins, this is an election we will all want to say we were a part of.

The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Campbell Brown.

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