If ever this country needed change, it is now and what better man for the job than Barack Obama. Finally, America has a person of color in the White House. Election 2008 truly was a historic election. I don't have anything bad to say about John McCain, the Vietnam War hero who waged an uphill battle almost from the onset of the primaries when his campaign was out of money and in disarray. With the looming recession and uncertainty about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, change was inevitable. Even though McCain tabbed Sarah Palin, he couldn't shake the connection to George W. Bush.
Obama earned his stripes, staving off the Democratic challenge of Hillary Clinton and her 18 million votes and then the intense general election campaign.
With both houses of Congress now under Democratic control, this is an opportunity for Obama to carry out his message of change and hope for Americans, much like those of a previous generation under a newly-elected John F. Kennedy or a tough-talking Californian to start the 1980s in Ronald Reagan.
Hisory was made tonight -- change was made -- and America is better for it.