Will, I pity you, and those like you, your cynicism. I completely understand the need to infuse realism into a world being seen through rose colored glasses. But that is not what you have here. What you have is a country that took the giant leap to become a more perfect union. We're not there yet, but we took a leap. You have a young man that is a perfect symbol of what it is that progressives are trying to get to. You have a man who handled all this with grace, and refused to change his demeanor. Unlike McCain, the O'bama (still can't help meself) you saw before the campaign is the O'bama you saw after. He snuggles with his wife, is completely overjoyed when he looks at his kids, and believes in the "American Dream" with all his heart.

I happened to have the telly on ABC this morning, cause I love watching the ladies on The View. Sherrie started talking about telling her baby boy that he really had "no limitations"........ and she burst out in tears. Honest to God, no BS, tears. A lifetime of looking in a mirror and knowing that there were things she wasn't allowed to do ...... gone in wake of a country that realized another step on the way to its potential. Whoopi Goldberg said she finally felt like she could put her suitcases down, that she belonged.

I have said it before. For all its warts and pimples, this country has been one of the great experiments in the history of this big, blue marble. But for all it has meant, this has been done using only 40% of its braintrust. Now, in the wake of Clinton and O'bama, imagine how much it can achieve using all of its talent.

I pity you your jaded view, Will. I wish it were not so, and just maybe this next period will lift it from you. We need you to feel the hope.

Mick