I just finished watching President Obama's speech from last night. I didn't get to catch it live because I was out and about doing other things far removed from politics. My initial reaction from the speech is just relief. It's so nice to see Obama leading the nation and Joe Biden sitting behind him. It's such a contrast from the last 8 years of a stumbling George Bush and a smirking Dick Cheney. Change doesn't even describe what last night was really about.It finally dawned on me that we have an African-American president and a female Speaker of the House. America is truly a nation that has witnessed some extraordinary transformations. And not just these last two years, I'm talking these last 233 years. Even though we pride ourselves on equality, we have never been so close to achieving that truth as what we are today. We still have a long way to go but we are at least now on a forward path. So it was with relief that I watched one of the most remarkable moments in American history.
