This victory alone is not the change we seek.  It is only the chance for us to make that change and that cannot happen if we go back to the way things were.  It can’t happen without you; without a new spirit of service; a new spirit of sacrifice….to look after each other.–President Elect Barack Obama, November 4, 2008.

I was and continue to be moved by our President Elect and his message of change.  I was listening to some talk radio pundits who are already attacking his message of change by implying that Obama feels that there was something bad about our country before.  Obama is not saying that we were a bad country.  He is not saying that everything about our country was wrong or bad.  But things have changed with this election.  We saw the biggest voter turnout since 1908–over 64%.  There is change needed.  And that change is the participation in our democracy of those who have felt and have been marginalized by those who have held power for so long. 

Obama has already brought about change.  He electrified a generation and minorities who have felt under served and ignored.  He represents all of us in his ideas and ideology.  I am excited to hear the rhetoric of unity and the idea that we are all responsible for the direction of our country.  For too long those who have felt under served and under represented now recognize their voice and their power.  Once again, we have a nation that is for the people and by the people.  All people. 

It is beautiful, inspiring and moving.  I am proud again to be an American.  I am proud to have voted for Obama.  It’s time to become the United States again.  I’m ready.  We are ready.  YES.WE.CAN.