Inspired by today's NY Times article about Barack Obama.
I know it's late in the season for this sort of diary, but I want to come clean. I've been an Obama supporter since the moment he announced his candidacy on the steps of the Old State Capitol in Springfield, IL. I wanted him to run from the moment I saw his 2004 convention speech. I know, I'm not alone in any of that - here on Daily Kos, least of all.
But to me, Obama represents something I never expected to see in my lifetime. Not a black president. Not a progressive president. A president I could admire.