Historic Days, Mr. Obama and America

Senator Obama has made many historic moments on his path to the Presidency and today marks another as he clinches the nomination of the Democratic Party. Many might remember this period for the unique achievements of a Black American which no doubt stands in history, but the next four years bear significance too; and America has drifted as if leaderless for most of the past eight years.
The economy has deep problems, and significant strength; an unpopular war lacks a cogent exit strategy that would preserve some semblance of international order in the region; and the American middle class continues to watch its base erode and jobs and careers flow away from our borders. The environment has been largely treated by denial and clouding over issues of serious concern and deepening world impact. But leadership symbolic and factual is of great importance now and in the next four years of the Obama Presidency. The hopes and prayers of millions seeking change and improvement, greater urgency in moving towards our greater potential as a nation...will continue to lift his wings .