The Other 46%
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Barack Obama’s election left me walking on air for three or four days. A Black man in the White House. A massive youth vote. A broad and varied coalition. The break-up of the Solid South. States won in every region: Colorado in the Mountain West; Iowa in the Plains; Florida, North Carolina and Virginia in the South; and outright dominance in the Northeast, Great Lakes Region, and on the West Coast. A true milestone passed. I went to visit my dad the day after the election just to ask him: “Did you expect to live to see this?” “No, Son,... Read more →