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Any way you slice it, “Election 2008” was a dousy: a female Vice Presidential candidate versus an African American Presidential candidate.  It’s not the stuff you normally see plastered on campaign posters or dominating election coverage.  From the very beginning I knew this would be a Presidential election to remember.

As Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44^th president of the United States, I realized that something had changed and not just the “Change” we heard in slogans throughout the campaign, but real, true change.  Our nation has lived up to one of its highest and grandest promises:  equal opportunity for all.  It’s not about electing the first black President.  It’s about electing someone outside of the traditional mold.  If it was Governor Sarah Palin, the Washington outsider, gun savvy hunter and oh yeah… woman, or Senator Barack Obama, the son of a Kenyan immigrant, skilled basketball player and indeed… black man, it wouldn’t have mattered.  This is the stuff Martin Luther King Junior and Sojourner Truth fought for with every bit of their being.  This is history in the making.

There aren’t many events that I know will stick out in my memory like the election of 2008.  In fact, in my lifetime, the only event I can equate is the devastating terror attack on September 11^th, 2001, which shook our country to its core.  In that instance, we rallied around the tragedy, coming together to help each other in a time of need.  In this case, the country is embracing a step forward.  Whether it had been the first female Vice President, or the first African American President, it’s a change that everyone should be proud of.  As the United States of America moves into uncharted territory, I just can't wait to see what happens next...