After four days, tonight at Invesco Field in Denver, CO, the 2008 Democratic National Convention came to an end with the U.S. Senator from Illinois, Barack Obama accepting the nomination for President of the United States of America. Senator Obama accepted the nomination on an important anniversary.
On this very same day 45 years ago, in 1963, a young preacher from Georgia named Martin Luther King, Jr. stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and spoke to thousands in the National Mall in Washington, DC, speaking of a dream... a dream where his children were not "judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."
I watched Senator Obama's acceptance speech and was impressed. I am impressed with him even more so now then when I voted for him in the Missouri Primary. However, regardless of party, a man or woman who is elected President can make all the promises he or she wants and state what he or she intends to do during his/her campaign but Congress creates our laws via legislative bills. In order for the goals of an Obama (or McCain) presidency to be fulfilled the Democrats (or Republicans) must have very strong majorities in both houses of Congress. Bipartisanship helps but will not always work.
I end this post with a simple word: VOTE.
