I wish Tim Russert was here.
This is the thought that's running through my mind as I watch my MSNBC buds bask in the after glow of my candidate. My God wasn't he amazing. Republican or Democrat you have got to be proud of that speech. Today we nominated the first black man for President. Tonight we listened to Barack Obama quote Martin Luther King Jr.
Tonight we made history. Tonight we forever changed the world. No matter what happens now, the world has changed.
I say we because that is what Barack Obama is all about. Us. As a volunteer for the campaign, I believe in Barack Obama because he believes in us.
We shall over come. We are the dream.
My black daughter snuggled upstairs in her bed right now with her two white sisters, they are the dream.
The retired High School Principle and the Neighborhood Preacher who spend there free time improving race relations in our neighborhood, are the dream.
Barack Obama is the dream. We have come so far, and yet we have so far to go.
Right now, I miss Tim Russert. He would love this. I can see his big pumpkin grin. His wild eyes twinkling as he exclaimed 'What a Country!'
Tonight, I picture him behind his desk, with Ronald Regan and Jack Kennedy discussing this night. I see him one on one with MLK himself, tears in both of their eyes. I see him leading a round table with Stephanie Tubbs Jones and Daniel Pearl. Maybe Abe popped in, maybe LBJ or Bobby. There was no way to keep FDR from the stage.
"This is incredible!" Russert would say happily. "What a Country!"
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