Yes We Can

It should be no surprise that I am beyond pleased with the outcome of the election. I am an unabashed Democrat, true, and I would be celebrating if it were Hilary who had won. However, I think Obama is different. He is proof that hope is never futile and well-intentioned hard work is never wasted. He reminds me that by working together (call it community organizing) we can achieve sea change. Because, to me (and I expect to many others) that is what this is.

After eight years of suffering under the leadership of a man I neither respected nor trusted, I have an articulate, intelligent and captivating president. No, he is not perfect. No one is. But he has changed the language of politics, risen above muck-raking, refused to behave less than civilly and shown that anything is possible.

Do I think he will solve all of this country's problems? Of course not. Do I think he'll put us on the right track? Definitely.

Here's to hope.