Election Day - Part 6: How I Woke Up...

I remember hearing a song on the Voice of America while reporting the Million Man March of 1995.

I woke up this morning, with Freedom on my mind.

It was 7:45 Iraq time, 23:45 ET, when i woke up. The TV was on CNN all night as i slept on the couch. I saw the line "Awaiting President-Elect Obama".

I went to Al-Jazeera, and they mentioned something about the same.

I checked my e-mail, which had about 40 Breaking News alerts, and they confirmed the same.

On the Pan-Arab TV channels, there was a "cautious" optimism that America has begun taking a turn towards the right direction, away from everything Bush did in the last 8 years.

I liked an expression in a beautifully-written report on Al-Jazeera:
"Our (Arab) countries must look for their own (respective) Obamas."

Yes, politician who'd bring youthfulness and change to the 80-years-old-and-is-stuck-to-his-presidential-chair, or my-son-will-inherit-my-presidency kind of Presidency.

So, good night, and good luck.