A day to remember

Regardless of the outcome, today will be singular day in history.


(Barack Obama speaking at the College of Charleston, Thursday, January 10, 2008. Image - Zvayam )

This campaign season has already broken any number of barriers and mile-stones. The simple fact that a man who is half-Kenyan and half-Kansan - and was raised for several years in Indonesia - could reach this point is both uniquely American and profoundly remarkable. That he could win a landslide victory today might say more about our need, as a nation, to repudiate the last 8 years, as it does about our faith in Obama's abilities to lead us forward in the next 4 or 8 years. Regardless, there is a palpable sense that America is a country in need of revitalising renewal, and who better to usher in a new epoch, and truly unite these states once again, than a man who is at once the essence of all that makes America truly great, and heir to its most bitter legacy.

Yes we will,

Mr. Ed

The title of this post is lifted, whole-sale, from Andrew Sullivan. You can view better/more images of the rally in Charleston here.