A new emotion

Barack Obama is an emotion . A new kind of emotion .

When I bought his book 'the audacity of hope' last year , he had just stepped into the race to be the next president of America . An amazing race this time for sure - the first woman , a sixty year old war veteran from a war Americans want to forget - Vietnam and an african american with a middle name 'Hussain ' and a surname that rhymes with their biggest enemy . Obama has just about repaid his education loan for Harvard Law school studies while media discovered his ancestral home in Africa and a broke half-brother in London .

He is the American Dream and as he said earlier , no black son or daughter will now be able to complain to their ma and pa of missed opportunities, discrimination and unfair competition .Following the election has been a great pleasure - his speeches , his ability to turn crowds on , inspire an new generation , mobilize enormous amount of monies for his campaigns and even to visit Iraq and Germany to build his foreign policy credentials are surely stuff of folklore . Black Boxer Cassius Clay gave up after winning the Olympic Boxing gold , throwing the medal into the Hudson river and becoming Mohammed Ali . Will Smith has managed to reach the pinnacle of the entertainment business with his efforts as a musician ( winning grammy's ) , TV sitcom actor and movie star . But Barack Obama is not on the fringes of society . He is the new society . As President Of America , he presides on a new world order - a post American world order .

Finally , years and years of slavery will be remembered and maybe banished from memory forever . And Martin Luther King will turn in his grave with a smile . Not since Alex Haley's roots has there been a tale of such a lot of toil , perseverence and revere . Remarkable achievement against Unsurmountable odds .

From hereon , whether he wins or loses , Obama will be a new emotion .

For now let's call it 'audacious hope '!