More than a political campaign, Barack Obama's presidential bid has become a popular phenomenon, a sometimes emotional outpouring the likes of America and the world has not seen in decades. Change, Obama says, "doesn't happen from the top down, it happens from the bottom up".
And Obama's campaign is changing the face of US and world politics as the senator from Illinois moves closer to capturing the Democratic Party nomination.
Senator Obama’s presidential bid has become an international sensation and if the current momentum can come to pass, America is at the threshold of making history.
His string of recent victories over the formidable Senator Hilary Clinton from New York and former first lady has left the world wondering in disbelief.
The way he speaks with such passion, the way he speaks about hope and change is intriguing and leaves everyone yearning for more. Obama's life story fascinates the world and leaves the people still struggling, trying to get the American Dream.
At rallies like the one in Ohio and all across America, Obama has regularly drawn crowds numbering in the tens of thousands. Almost everyone particularly in Africa is following events in the US election with much interest due to his African heritage.
People are following US elections in local and international press.
Many of us have expressed feelings of personal connection to Obama because of his heritage much as our support won’t have an impact on the outcome of the American election. It's almost as if he's one of us, talking to us, that's the reason why people in Africa have shown so much interest in the election.
The wave of exuberance upon which Obama is riding is unbelievable and many people are asking-Is America the world’s most powerful and influential nation ready for a black president?A Black man atop the world’s powerhouse is what the world is now starting to see in Barack Obama.
If Obama wins the Democratic Party nomination this year, he will face Senator John McCain who has clinched the Republican Party nomination.So we must ask the all important question: Why and how is Obama doing so well?
Perhaps the youthful vigour he exudes and whole near hysteria that accompanies him wherever he goes could explain this.Obama has used all his power of rhetoric and persuasion to win over the American people more so the support of the youth and the middle-working class who see him as the ideal candidate to offer the fundamental change.
There is sense that Obama does project what Martin Luther King Jr. and many other black leaders before him, that he offers a dream for blacks- a dream of deliverance and change. And now is the time for change.
His slogans of “Yes we can” and “Change we can believe in” have become household names.Whatever the outcome of the American election, Obama has greatly changed the outlook of African Americans within such a small spell to the disbelief of a majority of people.
He has become, for many African Americans, the mirror in which they see themselves and their country as they want it to be- a powerful force in American politics, which is now on the move.
2 comments:
right on bro. i feel that we need more peole saying what you say in more ways. kind of like a global discussion on the reasons why the whole planet is interested in the outcome of the next american president.
the dialogue continues to penetrate the intricacies of global politics, maligning and the design of empire.
thank you writing abut this.
Thanks for appreciating. Lets keep our support and spirits high. We got so much pride and confidence In Obama.
Yes We can.
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