Whatever happens tonight, it is an historic day, and I think everyone should take note of that, whatever your political affiliation. This was a nation where blacks were considered property, chattel. This was a nation where blacks were hosed down and attacked by dogs for attempting to sit down at the same lunch counter with whites. Just a few short decades later, a black American has made a very serious, even probable, effort to become President of the United States. I'm not very patriotic, or hopeful, or jingoistic, but a female friend of mine originally from Jamaica, who also is not particularly patriotic, or hopeful, or jingoistic, said, "Whatever happens today, it is an historic day for America. History has been made, and even if it doesn't go the way we want it, the political landscape will never be the same again." And I couldn't agree more. Who in 1776, or 1865, or 1963, in America could have ever foreseen this day? Whatever happens.