I am SOOO excited. I feel like we have broken though something that has been a heavy binding on our country, as if something has been released and something many didn't think would happened, has happened. I am looking forward to his younger, fresher perspective. (Yes, I am one of THOSE young adults the news keeps talking about who finally feels someone is in power who will listen to us.)
It's not very often I remember exactly what I was doing eight years ago on a certain day but eight years ago today, I was gathered in the "nap room" at the Memorial Union at OSU with many, many other students all glued to the televisions they had set up when the election went back and forth all night. Four years ago I don't remember what I was doing on election night but the next morning I met my friend down at the Coffee House for morning coffee. Devastation would be an appropriate word for the atmosphere.
Tonight I got home just in time to hear President-Elect Obama's acceptance speech. (I had been listening to the radio much of the day.) What really pulled at me was afterward when the Biden and Obama families joined Obama and Joe Biden on stage. It struck me how these two families were intermingled in front of America. They each had their moms, siblings, wives, children, and grandchildren, black and white. I think that was one of the most beautiful pictures from this election. All men ARE created equal. This election may have finally got me interested in keeping up better with political news. We shall see. Congratulations!
