A Night to Remember

As I sat in front of my television screen starting at 6 p.m., my friends and I discussed how we felt about each candidates policies and what they could offer this country. While three of us stressed Obama's ability to create change for America, my other roomate tried to make her point that McCain was clearly the better candidate. While at times, she made a few solid points, there was no way she was winning this debate with three hardcore democrats in the room. We watched the sreen as the votes for Obama increasingly went up for each state, and Jen the republican began to look less confident as she slumped in her chair. Every couple of hours I would check CNN just to put a smile on my face that Obama will soon be announced as our next President. Once Obama reached his winning count, I quickly heard people within my building screaming and jumping for joy, but more so from my two roomates whose voices were ringing in my ears. Every person in my phone sent me messages saying OBAMA!!! or WE WON!! Although I always thought that Obama would win this election, I was mostly relieved to know that this man would be leading this country and hed do so with confidence and poise. As our new President apporached the podium to speak, the faces in the crowd were filled with tears and joy and I couldnt help but smile and become a bit misty. All I could think of was that this moment will go down forever in history. That this shot of him standing in front of so many will be in textbooks for our children and our childrens children to learn and study about. The first African American President has really happened and I think it could be the best thing for our country.