President Barack Hussein Obama

It's official. Barack Obama is our President-Elect. Our 44th President is an African-American, raised primarily by his white grandparents, abandoned by his father when he was young, who realized the American Dream as much as it has ever been realized. He didn't just win, he won by a huge margin, mandating change. A multiracial President with a Muslim name is now going to be our President. I am an Obama fan so I'm more excited than McCain fans, but anyone who is an American should be proud of our country today. We should all be proud of how quickly we've come since the 1960's, when Blacks still weren't treated like human beings. Now, a Black man is going to be in the most powerful position in the world--one that he is fully deserving of, and fully capable of doing a remarkable job. President Obama will has a tremendous set of challenges awaiting him as soon as he takes office, and it will be impossible for him to satisfy everyone with the course of action he charts, but I believe he will lead us in the best possible direction we can go under the current circumstances. He will select a remarkable set of advisers, and unlike our current president, he will listen to all of them, develop consensus, and make smart, analytical, well thought out decisions, not gut decisions. Today really is a remarkable, historic day, for the United States of America. I feel proud to be an American today. I'm proud of the fact that I voted for the first African American President in our Nation's history. I'm proud of the fact that I convinced my wife and my mom to do the same. President Barack Obama will be a good president, and I believe he will help repair our international image, help improve our domestic quality of life, and lead us in a positive direction, away from the last 8 years. Congratulations President Obama.