Yes, We Can!

I went to the Obama rally in Portland on May 18, 2008 when 72,000 people showed up on the banks of the Willamette River. A young fellow OSU alum next to me shot this picture of Obama with his telephoto lens...we were about 35,000 people back. The Decembrists, a local band that is one of my fav's, was playing when we made our way to the rally. To the tune of O' Valencia, we (my friend, Jacqui, and I) smooshed ourselves into the throng. I'd have to say it was a moving moment to be among so many people and to hear Obama speak.

So on this day after Barack Obama has been elected the forty-fourth President of the United States of America, I hope for change. My hopes are for a national healthcare system for all our citizens, for renewed diplomacy among the world's nations, for the end to the war in Iraq, and for our youth to retain their new hope by volunteering at home and abroad.