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Historic Presidency

Posted in Community ::: November 8, 2008 9:36 AM

Let’s take a break from baseball and talk about our other national pastime - politics! History was made yesterday and Barack Obama became our nation’s first black President with an overwhelming majority of the electoral college. No matter what your political preference and no matter your feelings about this election, we should all agree that it was indeed historic.  Not just the facts that we would have had either a person of color or a woman as the Presidential candidate of the Democratic Party, both a first - or that Barack Obama ultimately won.  It’s way beyond that. This election changed how campaigns were run - technology was instrumental - millions were raised from individual donors, in small amounts, by Obama using the web. He got out his message via texting cell phones.  Moreover, voter turnout was huge and there were record numbers in first time voters, young people, etc.  All polls and indicators point to the fact that the youngest generation of adults, right now, is more globally aware and involved, than ever before. This election bore that out.  Now, if only this enthusiasm, this involvement, can transcend beyond this Presidential race and into Congressional races and state and local politics.  We need young people’s involvement and passion in all these areas, more so thane ever before, not just running for office but holding those in office accountable.  Where this all ends up will be very interesting indeed.

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