Barack Obama comes to Kokomo!

The Presidential race has come to Kokomo, Indiana, as Barack Obama made an appearance this evening before a packed Memorial Gym.

Just like so many other people my age are doing, I took my father to hear the Illinois Senator speak this evening on topics including Iraq, Healthcare, and the Economy to just name a few.

After only hearing about the event yesterday, I felt very blessed to have been given the opportunity to go.

That being said, getting tickets to the town hall meeting took numerous phone calls and text messages along with an hour long wait outside of Obama headquarters in downtown Kokomo.

Outside of the gym, there were literally hundreds of people already lining up before the doors opened at 4:30 even though it was nearly two hours before the event was supposed to begin.

We weren't even able to make it into the place without purchasing some campaign memorabilia. Dad spent just as much as I did.

We found our seats quickly which were located in the first balcony that had a table for us to place our belongings. I am sure that my Dad was having flashbacks to 1960 when John F. Kennedy made a similar trip to Kokomo.

Dad never went to that event so he wanted to make sure that he would be able to experience this one as best he could.

When Obama entered the gymnasium, what had been an already enthusiastic crowd, erupted in cheers comparable only to a high school basketball game between the Wildkats and Muncie Central.

I have never seen that many people become so excited over a single person before. Although I am sure that Dad will never admit to it, I thought that I saw a little bit of perspiration coming from his eyes when the Senator made his grand entrance.

After his opening remarks, Obama took some time for questions.

I think I was most impressed with the high school students present that evening as they asked very pointed questions about the arts in schools along with his stances on North and South Korea.

The event shortly ended thereafter and we all headed towards the exits; however, I could not help but feel as if I had been apart of history.

Never before in the history of our country has a man like Barack Obama had this great of a chance to win the Presidency of the United States.

Simply put, it was an exciting evening and I could not have been happier to share this historic moment with my Dad. Maybe someday, my children will drag me to a political event and I will get filled up with tears as well.

Barack the Vote on May 6th!