I am proud to be an American today.

As Barack Obama inches ever closer to his rendezvous with destiny,these thoughts came to mind:

1. Within two generations this nation has had two great leaders,Martin Luther King and now Barack Obama provide the transformational leadership that shreds the hate filled past and ushers in a future that makes Martin’s vision of a color blind society a reality.

2.By embracing this change, America announces to the world it is still the one place where change is possible.

3.Ben Wattenberg at one time called us the First Universal Nation.When he uttered those words, it sounded pompous.Not any more. We truly have become the First Universal Nation.

4.With the ascension of Barack Obama,it will be possible for us to achieve everything that we have failed to achieve with military might.

How fortunate can one nation be?