Wow
I am sitting here watching his acceptance speech, hearing it for the second time now, and it is still completely surreal. Even though I voted for him, part of my mind just could not quite conceive this moment. It should not be such an historically important issue. It should just be another president-elect. It should not be of any true importance that he is an African-American. But it is. I have to wonder whether his daughters realize just what his accomplishment means. I have to wonder, really, whether anyone really understands how huge this is. There is a part of my mind that cannot quite grasp it all. Part of me really hopes that he is not just another politician, that he will enact real change, but if nothing else, the very fact that he has won this race changes so much.