For the past year many people told me that America would never vote a black man into the White House. I was still hearing the same thing in the dying days of the campaign despite the polls suggesting that Barack Obama had a comfortable lead. America perhaps has finally moved beyond the civil rights battles that dominated 19th and 20th century America. He may turn out to be too Liberal, too inexperienced or too arrogant but he won't fail because he is black.
Right now Martin Luther King is looking down on us with the biggest smile. His dream has come true.
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The 45% of Texans that voted on him (including me) are thrilled! This is going to change our country, big time. Hope is alive and well again in the USA.
I can tell from the perspective of a non-American, Obama has the opportunity restore America's prestige on the international stage.
However, I'm not sold on him. He has some big issues to deal with and not much of a track record. I hope for everyone's sake he succeeds. I wouldn't want that job.
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