Waiting to vote

As I stood in line for more than two hours waiting to vote I was amazed at the people who were there with me. Young, old, black, white, some for one candidate some for another.

There really was an excitement in the air as many of us waited to vote for a man that we thought would take the country in a new direction. Restore our country to what it should be. Give us hope for the country and for the future.

He had caught a lot of flak for being a media darling, quick on his feet and with a smile, often using his wit and charm to disarm his critics. He used the debate(s) to break out from his stereotype and to take a lead in the race.

I was very, very excited when I finally made it to the front of the line and cast my vote for...Ronald Reagan.

I had been 18 for just shy of a month and it was my first election, but what I remember is that I was excited.

Just like all of those "kids" on television last night. Look at how many places saw impromptu parties as the new voters saw for the first time that what they did counted.

Obama is a lot closer in appeal to Reagan than Bush was, and a lot closer than the 2008 presidential candidate McCain was. The year 2000 wasn't the dawn of the new century and the new age.

2008 is.

Good luck President Elect Barack Obama.