As ypu know, I normally write in the mornings on the way to my job with a major internet company. Today, I worked from home in the morning so I could be certain to vote after the morning rush and the evening crush. I have to admit, I got a little bit of a catch in my throat when I pulled that lever for Obama. Having grown up in the south – in a fairly progressive place, mind you – the enormity of what could happen today finally hit me.
I came back from a business trip to Florida a few months back. I was on JetBlue and watched a VH1 documentary on the death of MLK and how James Brown kept the peace in Boston the night after MLK was killed. Obviously, this was 1968. 40 years later, we’re staring at the real possiility of having a black man in office. I might agree with Mrs. Obama – I have never been prouder of my country.