Entry #6 from Boston: 'Brother Senator', "How Does It Feel?"

"So, how does it feel?"

This is the question I asked rising star, State Senator Barack Obama, tonight after his triumphal debut as U.S. senator-to-be from the great state of Illinois.

Upon recognizing my voice, Brother Senator (as I will call him henceforth) turned a bit to make eye contact with me and give me that easy, familiar smile. He stopped a moment, looked at me intently through the dark richness of the music-filled room as though the sway of the people encircling him was a mere summer breeze, and simply said: "It's good." Not a rote: "It's all good," but more like good in the sense of goodness.

Goodness, no doubt, radiating from the collective surge of pride toward a man who made the more jaded and disaffected among us Blackfolk feel a sense of hope, optimism, and dare I say belonging to a political party still a shadow of its former self since the tragic rise of the New Democrat. Not ironically, Brother Senator became the embodiment and most compelling messenger of what Howard Dean's "Democratic wing of the Democratic Party" rhetoric sought to reveal without the need to say so explicitly. The poignant authenticity of his personal narrative transcended what other speakers had to spell out with expressly ideological language.

Nearly crushed by undulation of old and new friends and supporters who raced to his party in downtown Boston to bask in the afterglow of collective, I saw in Brother Senator a calmness -- and perhaps relief that had the effect of putting me at ease as well.

I nodded, allowing my non-verbal cue to signal that I appreciated the courtesy of his response and his need to move on. But before I got a chance to step away, he asked me, "How are your folks?"

C'mon. Is he for real, this humble servant-leader? A man who just hours before made an inspirational keynote address that made grown men tremble (myself included), took a moment to genuninely inquire about my mom and dad amidst the throngs and the shower of red grids of refracted red beams emitting from the dozens of digital cameras raised high in hopes of capturing a moment in time framed by his youthful visage. (I tend to get a bit maudlin after 4am.)

Stunned to find his presence of mind to ask about my people, I warmly replied, "Good. They're good." Good as in the goodness of parents who raised me to appreciate the importance -- necessity -- of civic involvement, who over 20 years ago took me to the victory party of my native Chicago's late Mayor Harold Washington -- perhaps the last time I felt as moved by a rising Black political servant-leader in my 34 years.

Lastly, I'd like to end this blog entry with an exceptionally rousing portion of his speech:

The pundits like to slice-and-dice our country into Red States and Blue States; Red States for Republicans, Blue States for Democrats. But I’ve got news for them, too. We worship an awesome God in the Blue States, and we don’t like federal agents poking around our libraries in the Red States. We coach Little League in the Blue States and have gay friends in the Red States. There are patriots who opposed the war in Iraq and patriots who supported it. We are one people, all of us pledging allegiance to the stars and stripes, all of us defending the United States of America.

In the end, that’s what this election is about. Do we participate in a politics of cynicism or a politics of hope? John Kerry calls on us to hope. John Edwards calls on us to hope. I’m not talking about blind optimism here—the almost willful ignorance that thinks unemployment will go away if we just don’t talk about it, or the health care crisis will solve itself if we just ignore it. No, I’m talking about something more substantial. It’s the hope of slaves sitting around a fire singing freedom songs; the hope of immigrants setting out for distant shores; the hope of a young naval lieutenant bravely patrolling the Mekong Delta; the hope of a millworker’s son who dares to defy the odds; the hope of a skinny kid with a funny name who believes that America has a place for him, too. The audacity of hope!

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[Gerald T. Davis]

Christopher, those of us in the Philadelphia area are most fortunate, no very blessed, to have you here with us. But in a real sense -- you are everywhere and belong to all of us (Chicago, Philadelphia, elsewhere).

The mission-directed work that you do to make us think as well as your call to action on the part of justice for all is so clear. You will always be on the side of what is right and good in each of us. Given who you are with a foundation based on the love and constant nurturing interest by your parents, other family members and dear friends, you can do nothing else. You couldn't do otherwise if you tried, though I know that you wouldn't in any sense. It's called character, and my brother, you have that in volumes.

Your messages from the Democratic Convention show this and encourage us to do better and to do more. Your commentary made me feel as if I was there with you. The accounts on the action on the floor were real. I could almost touch them.

Continue to keep us informed and challenged on the myriad of issues essential to our very existence. We must be better today than we were yesterday and more so tomorrow. We owe you much, Christopher, as you point this out to us in all that you do on Afro-Netizen and in your daily life.

God bless,

Jerry Davis

[Renee]

Chris Rabb... Once again making history!
Kudos and congrats! Those of us here in Chicago (the Everett-Frost clan) are very proud of you and your accomplishments.
Glad to have you as a part of my life for over 30 years!!!! It's been a treat and a blessing.
xo
RE

[Crystal]

I watched Obama's speech on PBS. After the speech, the commentator said it was like watching Tiger Woods play. Any comments?

[Gary Martin]

Integration of a different kind...?

Chris,

Kudos for taking up the invitation from our CBC. Were it not for your spot tonight, I would be paying as much attention to this week-end's DNC as the States probably did to our Canadian federal writ in June!

Thanks for raising Barack Obama's profile on our airwaves. Definitely someone interesting to watch for (any hint on where to catch a rerun of his address?).

Your iconography sidebar is instructive: our political horses are chromatically inverted: our liberals (Liberal Party of Canada) bear the red, while our newly re-formed cons are blue (the Conservative Party of Canada was created less than a year ago as a result of a hostile takeover of the 137-yr-old Progressive Conservative Party of Canada by the Reform-Party-turned-Canadian-Alliance Party).

Count yourself lucky your Republicans aren't as prone to identity crises as our conservatives.

So thank God for the integration of media (I know - it's called convergence; but would you be as compelled to read me?).

How else would we have discovered aN?

Gary Martin
Ottawa

[James Harris]

Bravo brother blogger. You are doing a great job and making history...

All the best,

James

[Des]

Obama's speech and delivery inspired the political and non-political alike. If he is elected to the US Senate, that would mean Illinois has elected two of three African Americans who have served since Reconstruction (Massachusetts electing the other). Being from Chicago, I am very proud!

After last night's speech, many are predicting Obama will be the first Black president (think Clinton feels slighted?) Let's give him a chance to win and grow into the Senate before proclaiming him our saviour. Carol Moseley Braun, the other African American Senator from Illinois entered office with high (impossibly?) expectations and failed to win a second term.

What should we expect from Obama as a first term, junior Senator in the minority party (assuming my prayers won't be answered in November)? If Carol's past is any guide, winning re-election may be hard enough, and although Illinois is a solidly Dem state, he will need to position himself as the Senator for all of Illinois, not as the Voice of Black America in the US Senate. His background is diverse and I believe his politics will have to be equally diverse to be elected President of the United States.

During parts of Clinton's first term, he sometimes took positions unfavorable to the AA community, possibly for political expediency. Wasn't Clinton one of the founders of the DLC?

I am excited about Obama. Last night was a great first date. Let's hope the relationship lasts.

[Sam Singh]

This message is for Christopher Rabb. I am writing on behalf of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. I understand you have a blog at the DNC and we want to speak to you this afternoon/early evening about blogging as a media outlet at the convention. It is currently 3 pm EST, could you please e-mail or call me at 403 521-6060 (or our local producer Jennifer Brown at 202 641 8538)? We have a camera set up at the Fleet centre and a producer who can assist you. Please contact me ASAP.

Thanks,

Sam Singh
CBC News

[liza]

BTW

Chris, are you there as a blogger or as a delegate? I'd like to make a list of all the black and latino bloggers at the convention (more the ones inside than out).

Drop me a note at www.culturekitchen.com

Thanks!

[liza sabater]

Because Dave Winer is a self-serving ... I'm not even going to finish the statement. He did not include either

www.radiofreeblogistan.com
www.powerofmany.com

Seems only the people that suited his needs.

Great post Chris. Your cousing Nichelle told me about your site. I'm going with Teresa Heinz as the most important speech of the night, though. You can read all about it at:

http://www.culturekitchen.com/archives/001863.html#comments

Cheers!

[Beatrice]

Why isn't your blog accessible from Dave Winer's DNC blogger community site?