Fortunately, things went well on election night. Barack Obama overwhelmed John McCain in the presidential race. He handily defeated McCain in the Electoral College, and had a respectable lead in the popular vote.
The national nightmare is finally over. To paraphrase Thomas Jefferson, the reign of witches has finally passed over, their spells dissolved and the people, having recovered their true sight, restored the government to its principles.
When Obama gave his speech at the 2004 Democratic Convention, I predicted he would run for president someday, and he would be the one who could heal the divisions that Bush created. He sees us as Americans, not liberals and conservatives fighting for control.
While his election demonstrates a monumental move toward achieving the ideals of the Declaration of Independence, it unfortunately did not fully dispel all of our country’s racist behavior. For instance, look at the Electoral College map. With the exception of Virgina North Carolina and Florida, the old Confederacy went with McCain, showing that racism is still alive and well in the deep south.
But fortunately enough Americans judged Obama on the content of his character, and now we can move forward from the partisan bickering and rebuild the good will with the rest of the world that the previous president has squandered, along with the nation’s fortune and the blood of its citizens.
