I must have changed my mind at least ten times during the last half. Obama or McCain? I didn't follow the campaign trail but I felt we needed in my heart a change for a strong leader.
And still, up until yesterday, I still was undecided...
I walked around the college still with unsurety. I even asked an instructor: "who do you think I should vote for?"
"Obama," he replied.
I am generation X - product of Watergate, cold war and Reganeconomics.
I felt largely removed from the election process and the candidacy because of my absence from the US. 19 years.
I came back from Israel's own wars to find a political friend, not an adversary. Somebody who can lead the planet.
In going forward, we can find our own strength and belief in who we really are.
I could definitely understand the joy, the dancing in the streets down Forbes Avenue last night. It comes with no surprise the long polls and the high percentage of minority and women groups.
His victory speech was the affirmation we are all looking for. We are looking for healing, a period that "WE CAN."
Like others, I too want a president I can now call my own. With pride. America has done it.
America has awaken to a new era.. our first African-American president. It will be some years before we see the profound changes of this new leadership.
We are making history and paving the way to change. I don't think anybody can realize now what this means for America.
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