Not much to say this morning. So many of us are grateful for the opportunity to have been able to volunteer and serve so many candidates this year, especially President-Elect Barack Obama. And many of us can now take some time and rest, recuperate and re-energize, for the BATTLE of HOPE has just begun.
So much more work to do: revitalizing the economy, helping those among us that are most in need, renewing our commitment to education, changing our health care system so that its emphasis is better placed on benefiting its users, restoring the world's confidence and trust in America, ENDING the immoral War in Iraq and bringing our sons and daughter safely home. And so many other issues to effectively address.
Not much to say this morning. So many of us are grateful for the opportunity to have been able to volunteer and serve so many candidates this year, especially President-Elect Barack Obama. And many of us can now take some time and rest, recuperate and re-energize, for the BATTLE of HOPE has just begun.
So much more work to do: revitalizing the economy, helping those among us that are most in need, renewing our commitment to education, changing our health care system so that its emphasis is better placed on benefiting its users, restoring the world's confidence and trust in America, ENDING the immoral War in Iraq and bringing our sons and daughter safely home. And so many other issues to effectively address.
Obama's election is a milestone in so many ways. Many interest groups will claim that it is THEIR triumph. But it is everyone's triumph.
I look forward to our rights under the U.S. Constitution being fully restored. I look forward to fair trade replacing free trade. I look forward to a revised tax system that maintains its progressive formula while improving the position of the lower and middle classes as those that have benefited most in recent years pay a fairer share. I look forward to the Medicare Drug Plan being revised so that the federal government can negotiate pricing with pharmaceutical companies - just like the Veteran's Administration has done for years. I look forward to a greatly accelerated renewable and alternative energy program that ends our reliance on imported fossil fuels forever. I look forward to the use of diplomacy and the end of the Bush/Cheney "bombs first" policies.
Nothing will be easy. But the tone has been set.
If you were like me, you may have shed tears at some point yesterday. For me, the first wave hit at about 2:30pm Mountain time, as I was home for half an hour, taking a break from my Campaign volunteer duties, relaxing into my routine meditation rhythm. Then again, last night during Obama's Chicago speech.
While I have either campaigned or phone banked or canvassed or simply showed my support for many presidential candidates over the decades, beginning with Robert F. Kennedy's candidacy in 1968, this campaign for Obama has truly been the most transformative in so many ways.
As a nation, we have the opportunity to awaken to a more spiritual, less combative rising sun. Let us all take stock of the challenges that we all face, both in America and worldwide. We have the opportunity to retake the higher moral ground as a nation.
Let us all hold our government accountable. Let us all continue to raise our voices in support of the issues that we hold dear.