Barack Obama, President-Elect of the United States of America

My hat's off to you, Mr. Barack Obama, for your win for the 2008 Election for the President of the United States of AmericaOf course, not all the electoral votes are in at this point, but it's largely a formality now.. I hope you run our U.S. Executive office as well as you've run your campaign. I will be right in the line to complain if you don'tEspecially since I did vote for you!.

And if nothing else, I stand proud for being a part of this historic moment. To tell the truth, I am partly in shock that this country could elect a half-black man to lead it for the next four years. Despite all of the polls and trends predicting your win, the pessimist in me kept me from being confident that it could happen.

Nonetheless, congratulations.

Now take some time to celebrate. Finish up your Senate duties. And be ready to hit the ground running on January 20th.