Good Morning.

Barack Obama is the President-Elect. This is a moment in the history of the United States that each and every one of us should remember forever. We have shown the better part of our nation. 

I’m typing this at 11:17pm (Eastern) on Election Day, and I’m watching the words appear through tears of joy. Tears that I am shedding as I look up and see the image of Jesse Jackson with the same tears on his face. 

The anxiety has been released.

We have finally arrived at our future.

And, holy crap, we turned Virginia blue!

McCain just made his concession speech which was, overall, reasonably gracious. As he walked off the stage, I thought for a moment that the music was the Imperial March from Star Wars. I think I may be mistaken, however. McCain’s speech referred to this as a great victory for African Americans. I think that’s a narrow view. This is far more than that. This is about all of us coming together, blurring those lines of divisiveness (I’m not so naive as to imagine that they are actually gone,) and forging a new electorate; a newly United America.

This is one of the dozen greatest moments of my life.

I am proud of our nation and what we have achieved today.