Barack Obama

At post-election, I am still feeling really excited about the new President-elect Barack Obama. And, as I was watching election night unfold, I told my family how grateful I was to be home to witness such a historical victory. I followed, listened, and read so much before, during and after the election. In fact, it was the first time I really followed politics. This year, I thought I'd read Obama's "Audacity of Hope" which I was completely inspired by Obama's positive message of change, intellectual, emotional and spiritual visions of modern America and its relationship with the world, and his interesting background. This man defines the word "INTERESTING" and according to Oprah, he IS a transformative leader. Someone like him doesn't come around that often. Below is a short piece by Jack Cafferty from Cafferty Files on CNN. Its message will resonate with me at the near close of 2008 and I am looking forward to the new path ahead!

FROM CNN’s Jack Cafferty:

There was perhaps no more profound way to slam the door on eight years of the Bush administration than to elect the first African-American to replace him. The symbolism is powerful; the history is breathtaking. We changed a lot more than our political orientation last night. The country finally grew up.

Something stirred us in a profound way. The disillusionment and disappointment of failed polices everywhere you look were the catalysts. Barack Obama was the spark. Watching him in Grant Park last night, it occurred to me that just like Hemingway was born to write and Tiger Woods to hit a golf ball, this man, Obama, was born to do this, to lead.

He has single-handedly carried the country on his back beyond the racial boundaries that have divided us for more than 200 years. That’s a pretty good day’s work, but he has done more. He has rekindled hope and optimism in a country that was running short on both.

When he says, “Yes we can,” it’s hard not to believe him.