Senator Barack Obama (D-Illinois) has become the first African American nominated for president by a major political party.  Just think about that for a moment.  Obama has accomplished what many people thought they would never see in their lifetime.   

But I suspect it’s a vision that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. had 45 years ago today when he delivered his famous “I Have a Dream Speech.”  Rev. King knew that day by day, and year by year, America would have to give way to change.  Barack Obama is running the anchor leg of a civil rights relay that started generations ago.  When the young senator steps on stage at Denver’s Invesco Field later tonight, all Americans should take pride in the progress he represents.