A dream realized...

Tonight is most likely the defining political moment of my generation. On this, the 45th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s historic I Have a Dream speech, Barack Obama is the personification of the dreams and hope of the civil rights movement. He is one of Dr. King's dreams. He will be the Democratic party's presidential nominee. He may very well be this nation's president.

Dr. King made so many significant statements on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. And this one resonates with me tonight:

"But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. And so, we've come to cash this check, a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice."

Tonight is the night we as Americans cash that check Dr. King spoke of - It may have taken longer than he had hoped, but its time. As I watch the Democratic National Convention, I'm proud to see the progress the country has made. Its no longer a dream, now, its YES WE CAN.