On the sharp end

Sending it since 2006

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Location: Flatlands, US

Saturday, January 05, 2008

Iowa Caucus

Dear Derek,

You did it.

Not just yesterday but every day for ten months, you did what the cynics said we could not do.

You said the time has come to move beyond the pettiness and anger that have consumed Washington, and you sent a powerful message that change is coming to America.

I've landed in New Hampshire, where four days from now, we'll have the chance to build on the momentum you sparked here yesterday.

But I want you to know that -- wherever this improbable journey takes us -- it started in Iowa. Years from now, you'll look back and you'll say that this was the moment -- this was the place -- where America remembered what it means to hope.

I'm thankful to you, and I always will be.

Best,

Barack