Congratulations to Barack Obama

In addition to welcoming an agenda of change and social progress, I find it particularly encouraging to see a “mixed-race” person (the son of a black father from Kenya and a white mother from Kansas) elected as President of the United States of America.

This is indeed a very positive sign of genuine evolution in this increasingly global world, a sign of hope for the promising – and growing – mixed-race population on this small planet.

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Barack Obama claimed victory at a speech in Chicago, telling thousands of cheering supporters: “If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.”

He applauded John McCain’s hard-fought campaign and his long record of service to the country.

Obama said: “It’s been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this day … change has come to America.”

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Voir aussi le billet de Mathieu Bertolo sur son blog et le site Twitlife “spécial élections US”.