Here's what Barack Obama's win means to me.

I'm age 65. I graduated from an all-white segregated high school and attended Texas A&M as it was integrated. I have believed that there is no American or factual basis for White Supremacy. But I never thought that I would live to see a man with an African Black father and a White mother elected President of the United States.

I haven't seen the polls, but I don't expect that my generation voted for this very amazing man who is Barack Obama. The outcome of this election is a result of our younger Americans.

Modern Americans have done two things. First, they have failed to adopt the racism of their parents. Second, and much more important, they have recognized that the best person who ran for President this year was Barack Obama.

I want to thank the younger voters who I think have come out in unusual numbers to provide American with the wisdom of your individual decisions. You are proving how very important democracy is. A nation does not belong to its leaders. It belongs to its workers and its middle class.

I don't think that most of you younger Americans voted with thoughts or fears of race in your mind. You voted with an understanding that both the understanding of the problems America face and the competence to deal with the problems are what matters in our next President.

America today faces problems, in both in national security and in the economy, which are more threatening that any faced by Americans in two generations. Today we face those problems under the leadership of a man more capable of dealing with them than any other national leader we have had for generations.

Like so many American leaders from the past, Barak Obama comes from outside any significant American family. He has come literally from nowhere to become President elect of America.

I predict that he is going to become one of the most important American Presidents, first because the problems he faces are so very difficult and second because he is clearly so very competent that he can face those problems. As a side effect, he will also help to end the sad American history of racism and white supremacy.

America has once again demonstrated its ability to deal with major problems and adjustments by choosing better leaders. This isn't going to give Obama a walk as President. There isn't any real consensus regarding what problems America faces, and clearly no consensus about what to do about them. But in Barack Obama America now has a President who can often recognize the problems and their solutions. He also has enemies who will do everything possible to keep his from succeeding.

The American people have given Barack Obama strong support to deal with the problems faced by America. But strong opponents remain out there for him to deal with.

No pressure, Barack.

It's going to be an interesting time in the near future.