Hope

I had to write about this, but I have just been so busy organising an event for a new programme group next Tuesday.

I did not get into the whole elections fever until very close to the actual thing, when I started watching the TV debate between the two candidates to understand what they actually stood for.
It's easy to love Obama, as he is such an amazing and impressive communicator with such a ''down to earth'' family history. And I am very impressed with his campaign team for pulling things off too!

The things he stands for genuinely make me feel hopeful for the future, starting from his propositions for the US economy and ending with the desire to end the war in Iraq and to invest in renewable energy.
I did hope he will win and I am curious to see what he will do with it next! The fight only starts now, when he has to deliver for a nation that put so much trust and faith in him.

The fact that 70% of the population voted, the fact that he is the first African-American president, the speech he gave on the night of the victory- all impressive and quite powerful. I do feel connected to the fact that this all is happening 45 years after Martin Luther King's dream speech and comparisons cannot be helped.

Funnily enough, it appears that part of his speech was written right here in Notting Hill, by a guy who volunteered to help on his campaign.

If you haven't seen it, I would recommend it when you have time- it can be compared I think to all the big, classical US president and not only speeches. (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=tQGsP8mnHsg)