It’s been a while I wrote a blog post! Needless to say been busier than usual…what with the 24/7 election coverage , client deadlines, finishing up reading some of the books on my wish list and so on. Talking about the elections, as you can imagine, being a long term Barack Obama supporter, I am overjoyed on his success. His victory felt so personal in many ways, and I sure felt as if I owned a piece of this campaign. I hope this election will go down in history as one of the turning points for US politics- record participation of youth, record amount of money raised, unleashing the power of web, record voter turnout, record number of earlier voting, record minority and ethnic participation..the list goes on. I know the pundits will be analyzing this for years to come as to why he won, but for most part I think he won because of his superior organizational capabilities, his disciplined campaign, his inclusive nature of campaign, his consistent strategy based on “change we can believe in” and his steadiness in the face of highs and the lows of the campaign. With every challenge, whether thrown at him by Hillary Clinton or John McCain or Sarah Palin, he emerged out even stronger , not by hitting back, but by appealing to the sense of higher purpose within all of us. I also noticed he never grew complacent although he was leading in the polls all along. He kept appealing to the supporters, work hard as if everything depends on the last few days, he warned them sarcastically not to underestimate Democrats ability to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory ( an obvious reference to failed Presidential bid of Al Gore in 2000 and John Kerry in 2004). One can learn a lot from this campaign which ran like a well oiled machine. The time tested formula of discipline, strategy, fighting complacency, even temperament and relentless efforts once again paid the dividend. Mr Obama will be inaugurated as the 44th President of United States in January 2009, and I look forward to seeing him in the Office! I hope he keeps the humility and humbleness he demonstrated all along the campaign and puts the country first and delivers the changes he promised so vociferously!!! Mr Obama you are under watch by a nation eager for change!!!

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It’s been a while I wrote a blog post! Needless to say been busier than usual…what with the 24/7 election coverage , client deadlines, finishing up reading some of the books on my wish list and so on. Talking about the elections, as you can imagine, being a long term Barack Obama supporter, I am overjoyed on his success. His victory felt so personal in many ways, and I sure felt as if I owned a piece of this campaign. I hope this election will go down in history as one of the turning points for US politics- record participation of youth, record amount of money raised, unleashing the power of web, record voter turnout, record number of earlier voting, record minority and ethnic participation..the list goes on. I know the pundits will be analyzing this for years to come as to why he won, but for most part I think he won because of his superior organizational capabilities, his disciplined campaign, his inclusive nature of campaign, his consistent strategy based on “change we can believe in” and his steadiness in the face of highs and the lows of the campaign. With every challenge, whether thrown at him by Hillary Clinton or John McCain or Sarah Palin, he emerged out even stronger , not by hitting back, but by appealing to the sense of higher purpose within all of us. I also noticed he never grew complacent although he was leading in the polls all along. He kept appealing to the supporters, work hard as if everything depends on the last few days, he warned them sarcastically not to underestimate Democrats ability to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory ( an obvious reference to failed Presidential bid of Al Gore in 2000 and John Kerry in 2004). One can learn a lot from this campaign which ran like a well oiled machine. The time tested formula of discipline, strategy, fighting complacency, even temperament and relentless efforts once again paid the dividend. Mr Obama will be inaugurated as the 44th President of United States in January 2009, and I look forward to seeing him in the Office! I hope he keeps the humility and humbleness he demonstrated all along the campaign and puts the country first and delivers the changes he promised so vociferously!!! Mr Obama you are under watch by a nation eager for change!!!