President-elect, Barack Hussein Obama. YEAH!!!

I'm just beyond words right now. Simply speechless. It feels so surreal and almost unbelievable. I'm afraid that when I wake up in the morning and this all turns out to be just a sweet dream. But it isn't. This is for real and it is going to be here. To be in the US right now in one of its most momentous day in its history is plain indescribable and it will be a memory forever etched in my mind to be told and retold to the generations to come. Yes, I was there and I was a small though not insignificant part of the American history. To even think that the Blacks having to endure the segregated and repressive past when they weren't even allowed to vote to finally come to this day when the nation elected its first Black President is breathtakingly astounding--all this within the past 40 years or so! Most people I have talked to, especially Black people who lived through the racist era, never thought this day would come in their lifetime, the day when the Americans elect their Black President. The day of hope and the promise of a shining future has come and it will stand witness to the much needed seismic change in the society only seen once in a generation. Franklin Roosevelt had his New Deal, Lyndon Johnson had his Great Society and Obama will soon make his far-reaching mark in the years to come. This is only the beginning and a great leap forward across the dark abyss this country has been mired in for the past 8 years.

I still feel like I'm walking on the air right now defying gravity. I still have goosebumps and chills running down my spine every time I think about this day, and I don't think I can sleep tonight. It feels so awesome and privileged to be a part of this amazing history! It has been a long and torturous (pun intended!) 8 years but it has been well worth the wait. Yes, we can! Si, Se Puede! Barack n Roll!!

p/s: In my state, State of Wisconsin, Obama prevails over McCain 56% to 43% (13-point margin!). Wisconsin has never voted a Republican President since 1988 and is not about to do it this time around. Wisconsinites know better! When I look at the state's electoral map broken down by counties, I have never seen so much "blue" (color of the Democrats) all over the state. Wisconsin has 72 counties and only 14 went "red" (Republican) and most of them by the slimmest of margin. Simply spectacular!!