Change Has Already Begun

One of the 21,000 or so people who
attended the Obama speech in Indianapolis
Monday night took this photo in the nearby
park as she was on her way to get in line. Soon
we will be hearing about numbers, demographics,
delegates, spin, winners and losers in perceptions.
But I've been reading and hearing what many people
have said about what voting for Barack Obama in these
primaries means to them. Voting, seeing and hearing him
in itself has transformed lives. Children will remember this,
young people will remember how they felt. If Barack Obama
becomes President, there's every chance that someday he
will be favorably compared to our greatest Presidents. Lots
of people know that, and so for millions of people in Indiana
and North Carolina, this is going to be a special day. And
in them, and with them, change has already begun.

Here's part of what Barack Obama said in Indianapolis:

I was convinced that this was the moment that we had to break through from the old type of politics. And I believe that the American people want that.
If we keep on doing the same old things, in the same old ways -- having Washington just try to get by and get through the next election then we are betraying our children, our great grand children and that's not the kind of America I want to live in. I don't want to just win an election, I want to change the country and that's why you're here as well.

When all we're doing is arguing back and forth, who said what, then we are forgetting what this election is about. This campaign is about you. This about your voice, your dreams, your struggles and your aspirations. And when this country is focused on its hopes and its aspirations instead of its fears, then thats when we are going to be able to deliver on change for every American.

On the night before election day in Indiana and North Carolina, the number of individuals who have contributed to the Obama campaign passed one and a half million.