Yes we can

Today is a historical day for United States, an African American being declared as presumptive nominee for presidential election representing a major party.

Abraham Lincoln had issued Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 in favor of abolition of slavery. In 1968, after Martin Luther King was assassinated there was huge spark against racism. Finally in 2008, Barack Obama will be competing for the highest office in United States of America.

No matter if he wins or not, which I believe he would, he already made history. Who would have thought a first term senator from Illinois would defeat political heavyweights to this nomination. A son of African immigrant father and a Kansas mother, who against all odds went on to study at Harvard Law, but on upon graduation chose to work as a community organizer (not choosing obvious lucrative corporate job). He then got into Illinois Senate, and then on to United States Senate. And within four years in Senate he now is the presidential nominee of Democratic Party.

How did he do it? Simple, he used his bottom up organization skills. He showed that even a lesser known person with correct and positive ideas can excel against all unlikelihood. He rallied people around with his message of change with three words “Yes we can”.