Barack took the stage that night last and much later than scheduled, the local politicians wanted their 15 seconds of CSPAN fame that night and talked too long. The energy in that hall when we knew Barack was coming out was electrifying–we rocked the house with 1/2 the crowd yelling FIRED UP and the opposite 1/2 yelling READY TO GO! I think that was the first time Barack answered “I love you back” when someone yelled “I love you” from the crowd.

We all sat mesmerized, even supporters of other candidates hung around to hear Barack, and I remember thinking “oh my god, we are going to win this caucus for him and he is going to win the primaries and he will win the general!” I got goose bumps at times and then held back tears, we were not just watching history in the making, we were actively a part of this history being made with the work we were doing on the ground. We are about to come full circle in just a matter of days:

…Because I will never forget that the only reason that I'm standing here today is because somebody, somewhere stood up for me when it was risky. Stood up when it was hard. Stood up when it wasn't popular. And because that somebody stood up, a few more stood up. And then a few thousand stood up. And then a few million stood up. And standing up, with courage and clear purpose, they somehow managed to change the world.

…That's why I'm asking you to stand with me, that's why I'm asking you to caucus {vote} for me, that's why I am asking you to stop settling for what the cynics say we have to accept. In this election – in this moment – let us reach for what we know is possible. A nation healed. A world repaired. An America that believes again.

Barack took the stage that night last and much later than scheduled, the local politicians wanted their 15 seconds of CSPAN fame that night and talked too long. The energy in that hall when we knew Barack was coming out was electrifying–we rocked the house with 1/2 the crowd yelling FIRED UP and the opposite 1/2 yelling READY TO GO! I think that was the first time Barack answered “I love you back” when someone yelled “I love you” from the crowd.

We all sat mesmerized, even supporters of other candidates hung around to hear Barack, and I remember thinking “oh my god, we are going to win this caucus for him and he is going to win the primaries and he will win the general!” I got goose bumps at times and then held back tears, we were not just watching history in the making, we were actively a part of this history being made with the work we were doing on the ground. We are about to come full circle in just a matter of days:

…Because I will never forget that the only reason that I'm standing here today is because somebody, somewhere stood up for me when it was risky. Stood up when it was hard. Stood up when it wasn't popular. And because that somebody stood up, a few more stood up. And then a few thousand stood up. And then a few million stood up. And standing up, with courage and clear purpose, they somehow managed to change the world.

…That's why I'm asking you to stand with me, that's why I'm asking you to caucus {vote} for me, that's why I am asking you to stop settling for what the cynics say we have to accept. In this election – in this moment – let us reach for what we know is possible. A nation healed. A world repaired. An America that believes again.

Barack took the stage that night last and much later than scheduled, the local politicians wanted their 15 seconds of CSPAN fame that night and talked too long. The energy in that hall when we knew Barack was coming out was electrifying–we rocked the house with 1/2 the crowd yelling FIRED UP and the opposite 1/2 yelling READY TO GO! I think that was the first time Barack answered “I love you back” when someone yelled “I love you” from the crowd.

We all sat mesmerized, even supporters of other candidates hung around to hear Barack, and I remember thinking “oh my god, we are going to win this caucus for him and he is going to win the primaries and he will win the general!” I got goose bumps at times and then held back tears, we were not just watching history in the making, we were actively a part of this history being made with the work we were doing on the ground. We are about to come full circle in just a matter of days:

…Because I will never forget that the only reason that I'm standing here today is because somebody, somewhere stood up for me when it was risky. Stood up when it was hard. Stood up when it wasn't popular. And because that somebody stood up, a few more stood up. And then a few thousand stood up. And then a few million stood up. And standing up, with courage and clear purpose, they somehow managed to change the world.

…That's why I'm asking you to stand with me, that's why I'm asking you to caucus {vote} for me, that's why I am asking you to stop settling for what the cynics say we have to accept. In this election – in this moment – let us reach for what we know is possible. A nation healed. A world repaired. An America that believes again.