(CNN, Nov 16, 2009) "Obama was working a rope line and shaking hands with students on his way out the door. Suddenly another female student rushed up to him and recited his campaign mantra from last year.
"Yes we can," Obama repeated, turning to aides with an astonished look. "Did you hear that? She said, 'Yes we can." "
What is so amazing about that?
To me, it was not just a slogan, but a reminder.
A reminder to what Obama had campaigned, to the euphoria and passion we had not only for Obama but the whole political process we believed Obama will reverse.
Despite the fact that we have yet to see all the fruits Obama promised, we still have hope.
And hope indeed is what Obama and the rest of us have forgotten.
Crazy how it takes someone on the other side to say, "Yes we can."
Have we forgotten hope as quickly as we taken up hope?
Hope, indeed, must run dry for Obama to be surprised with his words: "Yes we can."