We haven't done it yet...

Went to sleep last night with a smile on my face after crying through Obama's speech. I can barely catch my breath because I can barely believe it's actually happened. Since I was granted the right to vote on my 18th birthday I have yet to vote in a major election where the person I was voting for actually won!

But still...

I've been hearing a lot of "Yes, we did" this morning - and something about that bothers me. While last night was historic and euphoric and cathartic we still have a looooong way to go; and there's a large part of me that feels like we're missing something here.

Every liberal over the age of 22 knows what it feels like to wake up on Nov 4th and feel like someone punched you in the stomach. 4 years ago we felt like someone was holding a gun to our head and we couldn't seem to dodge the bullet.

Do you remember? Because that's how McCain supporters feel this morning. For any real change to happen we need to embrace the fact that we're all in this together - and right now anyone who was on the other side of that very high fence feels like it's not their country anymore and this is not their President. Our task now is to welcome them - it doesn't match which lever you pulled yesterday...Divided We Fail.

Obama's website this morning has a quote from his speech last night: "I'm asking you to believe. Not just in my ability to bring about real change in Washington... I'm asking you to believe in yours". Part of believing that we can bring about real change is asking those around us to believe it with us.