This is absolutely priceless. Like Time put it, an African American guy with a “dangerous-sounding foreign name” won in an overwhelmingly white-populated state in the US. Simply… cool. 
It’s too early to start really making a party, since the Iowa caucus is only the first. And as I understand it, the real important ones are New Hampshire, California and New York. But it calls to attention that particpation skyrocketed, especially among Dems, as did the youth vote. And on the GOP side, I profoundly lament that Ron paul didn’t even make the top three, though I am glad that neither Giulani (what the hell happened to this guy?) or Romney made it –they seem just too much of the same ol’ thing. I really don’t know too much about Mike Huckabee to make a clear comment, other than what I will say at the end.
I am confident that Obama will continue on to win the nomination, and here’s to hoping that he will, in effect, win the Presidency. Of course, that’s too far down the road, but as a Venezuelan, I have high hopes on Barack. The man is young, vibrant, well-spoken, seems intelligent, and ferGawdsakes he seems genuinely interested in being a leader, not a commander. And I believe his foreign policy will be much more effective than any of the other candidates, although I need to delve a bit more in his positions in this matter (I like what I’ve heard so far, though no mention of Latin America).
I have liked Sen. Obama from the get go. I can say this: beyond his ethnicity, he seems to represent true change for the presidency. And I hope this confirms what I believe to be true: Democrats are dead on to have one of their own sit at the White House again.
