On the brink of what looks like (but is not yet) an Obama victory, it's worth looking back at what Sen. Obama said in Feb. 2007 announcing his candidacy.
It's amazing what a start we've made towards some of the goals in that speech, even before winning anything. The speech is a reminder of what the fight is about. And it's also a great reminder that even a win now is not the ultimate goal but a step towards all the other things Obama described on that day, the beginning of the beginning.
Below are excerpts from that speech, with comments on how things have turned out.
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As he said, election day is not the end. It is the end of the beginning.