I got a chance to go to
President-elect Obama's whistle stop in Wilmington today. It was pretty cool (and very cold out). There was a nice presentation by the
Kuumba Academy Charter school and introductions by
Gov.-elect Markell, the mayor of Wilmington and even by Joe Biden himself. Obama's remarks took about 10 minutes, but it was a pretty cool experience. One thing that was pretty neat was when he started by saying it was (First Lady) Michelle's birthday, and people started singing happy birthday to her.
There is a video on
YouTube with the first half of the speech, and the
text is posted by the News Journal site. There are also a couple of
videos of him arriving and
also leaving the Wilmington Station.
Overall, it was pretty cool and something I'll remember for a long while. Right now,
the majority of the country has a lot of optimism about things turning around - I hope that they are right.
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