New Day
Wow, history in the making. Arianna Huffington’s election postmortem sums up how I feel right now. Elated, relieved, full of pride yet cautiously optimistic. Watching Obama’s victory speech last night was a truly moving experience. Very inclusive, but what impressed me most was his acknowledgment that it takes work — on everyone’s part — to have effective and long lasting change for the better. As it ended, I heard Christopher say with a choke in his voice that Michelle will make a great First Lady. He had tears in his eyes. That made up for the small disappointments on the Arizona side that our electoral college unsurprisingly picked McCain (albeit by a smallish margin), and the discriminatory Prop 102 passed.
So now what? I think I’m just gonna relax and follow some of Slate’s suggestions on how to kill time now that the election’s over.
Well…I can’t say that I feel like the passage of 102 was a small disappointment – but I agree with the rest. I do have hope though, hope and determination. It’s far from over.