The Anxious Final Hours

For the past few days, I have been busy making hundreds of phone calls for the Barack Obama campaign. Now the phone calls are over and I am sitting in front of the tv watching CNN. Not much yet but a tease.

I cannot remember a time that an election has been so important. The 2004 election had a lot at stake too as many of us knew where we were heading with a second term with George Bush. But this election contains elements which distinguish it from all elections in the past.

Yes, part of it is that we may elect an African American as our first president but this is only a small part of the story. Many of us believe that the election of Barack Obama will usher in a new era of understanding.

We all hope that a Barack Obama presidency will heal many divisions. The smaller but still significant part of this is the racial divide that will be challenged and the healing that will occur in the United states. The larger picture will be the message we will be sending to the rest of the world.

Barack Obama is in the words of William Buckley's son, Chris Buckley "what the historical moment seems to be calling for."

So many of us feel that the suffering around us is not merely economical but also spiritual. For this reason, we are praying for a for a Barack Obama presidency. Barack Obama has the potential to unite us.

To all of you who did not vote for Barack Obama. please give him a chance. Allow yourself to hope.