November 5 10.2008

I am ecstatic, amazed, proud and a little tired. The past eight years have been under the control of a greedy man who refused to follow the core values of his own party - a man who was never my president. With the 2008 primaries, we found a wide selection of worthy candidates. Hillary Clinton. Joe Biden. Mike Huckabee. And with the respective party conventions we were given our final choices. Senator Obama and Senator McCain blitzed America in a fierce effort to garner votes. In October, Chris & I saw Senator McCain in Sarasota. The negative energy and barrage of inaccurate information was slightly overwhelming and discomforting. A week later, we attended Senator Obama's rally where we were positively struck with his calm, assertive energy and eloquent manner. It was an honor to shake his hand. Election night was electrifying - and at the moment of truth, I found that Senator John McCain's concession speech was nothing short of, well, presidential. With the election of Senator Obama I feel the world has somehow become re-connected. I feel the collective sigh of relief to have a man worthy of the highest office in the land. Barack Obama. My president.