Can he do it ?


In a few hours we may know.


The implications are awesome, and the cliche "historic moment" for once is literally true.

Can the ghosts of the slave trade, the Civil War, the lynch mobs, the civil rights movement, be finally laid to rest, by one massive event - the election of a black president?

Will the nightmare of the Bush administration be dispelled, and the international reputation of the US be restored? One simple decision by the American electorate can do it. Nice guys finish second? Not always. Hope like you've never hoped before.