Nov 05 2008
In Mideast, Obama Just Needs to Implement Agreements
The Huffington Post
NOVEMBER 5, 2008
Daoud Kuttab
Posted November 5, 2008 | 11:17 AM (EST)
In Mideast, Obama Just Needs to Implement Agreements
My eighteen year-old daughter Tania who is a freshman at Easter University in Philadelphia woke me up Wednesday morning with an exciting voice. “Dad, we won. I voted today and we won. Obama is President of the United States.” The words of this first time young voter more than anything any pundit or politician can say to sum up the extraordinary events that made history in America and throughout the world.
The pronoun ‘we’ might be the most interesting part of her jubilant statement. If ever a candidate has succeeded in energizing the electorate, in getting young people involved and in getting them to believe in government, hope for the future and do something about it, this was it. Continue Reading »