For those of you who don't keep up with the news (although with today's technology, it would be hard to miss), Barack Obama secured the Democratic nomination for the run for the U.S. presidency. It is with this nomination that history has been made as being the first African-American to be elected the Democratic candidate for any U.S. presidential election. And, given the excitement that has come of this quite historic Democratic bid, I believe that Republican rival John McCain has reason to tremble in his orthopedic shoes. Save for his somewhat short resume, Senator Barack Obama has the vision and the drive to lead what has appeared to be a broken country back to its roots of prosperity and patriotism.
When Barack Obama chooses Hillary Clinton as his Democratic running mate sometime between now and the November elections, John McCain will be smart if he packs up the "Straight Talk Express" and begins mapping out the best route back to Arizona. And I say "when" because Obama, contrary to what many bitter Obama supporters choose to believe, really needs the support of the millions of Democrats who supported Hillary over the past 17 months who now say that in light of the Illinois Senator's victory will now switch over to the McCain side. Now I, as one and along with many others, believe that this could prove to be one of the biggest mistakes in our nations history and thus, I don't see the possibility in there being any other VP running-mate than Hillary Clinton (save for maybe Al Gore).
A couple days ago, Senator Obama and Senator Clinton met in Unity, New Hampshire (an appropriate meeting place for the occasion) to hold a rally for the sole purpose of uniting the Democratic party after an arduous, toe-to-toe battle for the Democratic nod. And I think that Hillary was spot on when in the conclusion to her speech, said these words, "...today and every day going forward, we stand shoulder to shoulder for the ideals we share...today we are coming together for the same goal: to elect Barack Obama as the next President of the United States."
