That's when I first experienced it, too! God called so many people to prayer in 2000. I knew I wasn't the only one. It's nice to meet another!
I was called on February 1, 2000 - I'll never forget it. I would have to stop whatever I was doing and just listen to the prayers that were going through me. I would go to sleep praying and wake up still in prayer. I remember being in a PTO meeting and all of the sudden everything around me became background noise and I was drawn into an incredibly specific prayer. It was the most incredible thing that I have ever experienced - the most humbling, also. That was when I became a prayer warrior (who is also a mom - hence, warriormom).
I wish I could say that I heard a call to pray before the election in 2000. We prayed, but sporatically. It was only after the Florida hang-up that the Lord seemed to say that He was holding the election in the balance primarily to see if His people cared enough to pray. That's when we determined to get serious. But it wasn't our determination which got us through that month of daily prayer. It was like we were carried along by His will. We dared NOT pray. It became as important as breathing. And God has been gracious to keep us praying over the past four years; and we don't have any sense that He's released us from that ministry. Which gives us all great confidence that God intends to do some mighty works in and through our nation. But it won't be released except through prayer.