Barack Obama elected 44th president

President-elect Barack Obama walks on stage at his victory celebration in Chicago with his wife, Michelle, and daughters Malia and Sasha.

President-elect Barack Hussein Obama II gave a rousing victory speech early this morning. He was confident and inspiring. He comes from a humble background and from out of practically nowhere to become the first black person to be elected to the presidency of the United States. His campaign was as organized and brilliantly planned as any campaign ever. It's the American dream on steroids. I congratulate him and wish him well. He is my president and yours and he faces tough challenges on many fronts. His brilliance and organizational skills can be valuable tools during his presidency. This blog will follow his progress closely and critique his performance as we see it along the way with as much fairness as we can muster. He has promised much to many. Now he will be faced with the reality that he cannot deliver on them all. He will have to make choices that will disappoint many. The decisions he makes will be the measure of the man. Godspeed.