Dear President-elect Barack Obama,
I could not be more thrilled by your victory. Our victory. Just knowing that a biracial man — a man raised by a single mother from Kansas and her parents, a man with the middle name “Hussein,” a man who comes from lesser means than I — can actually become president is [...]
With November 4 rapidly approaching, I have begun to feel all moony and romantic about this election. We are up in the polls, and in the early voting numbers. We have seen a classy, clean campaign run by a man who is today, as he ever has been, entirely calm, cool and collected. We have [...]
That’s it. Hell has frozen over. Pigs are flying by my window. Molly is going to become a trained guide dog, the Bears are going to win the Superbowl, and Barack Obama is going to win the presidency. I am absolutely sure of it.
You see, this weekend, my father and I were engaged in another [...]
Am I the only one holding my breath for tonight’s town hall meeting?
It’s not that I’m concerned about my candidate’s superior ability to connect with the people, which is what this format is all about. There has never been any question during this campaign that it is Barack Obama, with his charisma and good looks, [...]
