President Elect Barack Obama

As I type this I watch the families of Barack Obama and Joe Biden on stage in Grant Park in my home town of Chicago, Illinois, where I was born and lived through my formative years. I wish I could be there tonight to take part in this amazing moment, but still feel a part of things down here in Red Texas in a county that voted predominately Republican. I feel as though I had a part in this campaign, something I have never really felt for any person that I've voted for before.

History will remember this election for the fact that Obama is the first African American candidate that was elected President, but to me he is so much more then that. I believe that this candidate signals a return to a government of the people and for the people, a government that more closely resembles the government that the founders of our great nation had in mind when they broke away from England over 232 years ago.

These last eight years especially, the government has not truly reflected the desires, beliefs, or morals of the majority of this nation. I truly believe that with this historic election that will begin to change.

Obama stands at 338 in the electoral count, and North Carolina, Indiana, and Montana all have him leading, but are too close to call. If all three do end up going to Obama, then he will have won 370 electoral votes, 100 more then are needed to become president. Despite the lead that Obama seemed to have in polls coming into election day, a win of that magnitude would be unbelievable.

The things I have done throughout the campaign that Barack Obama has run, the part I played as a donor, as an Obama supporter who spoke of my reasons and feelings to others, and as a delegate that literally single handily won Barack Obama votes in the Texas PrimaCaucaus, I am extremely proud. Tonight will be a moment I will always remember. It is a moment that I will claim for the rest of my life as one of the most significant that I have been a part of.

At this point I want to say thank you to everyone around this country that helped bring about this change in such a large and commanding fashion. This election is truly ours as no election has been in my lifetime. If not for the actions of so many people like myself around this great country of ours, this night would not be possible.

I look forward to the moment when around the world our status is once again that of a world leader as opposed to a country that so many other nations throughout the world distrust and find it hard to respect. The fact that we elected this man and did so in the manner that we did (no need for any recounts or lawsuits this time around) has put a new face on our fine country and I am once again proud to say that I am an American and I am part of a Change that we can believe in, all of us, everywhere, Yes We Can. Yes We Did.

Amen.