Obama's thank-you letter to people of Illinois: "Today, I am ending one journey to begin another"

[Amerigo Vespucci]

updated 9:25 a.m. EST, Sun November 16, 2008

Obama says thanks on last day as Illinois senator



Barack Obama walks to his vehicle after a workout at a gym in Chicago on Saturday.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/16/obama.letter/index.html

CHICAGO, Illinois (CNN) -- President-elect Barack Obama said "a very affectionate thanks" to the people of Illinois in a letter published Sunday in the Chicago Sun-Times and other newspapers across his home state.

Obama announced on Thursday that his resignation from the U.S. Senate is official as of Sunday.

"Today, I am ending one journey to begin another," Obama's letter said. "After serving the people of Illinois in the United States Senate -- one of the highest honors and privileges of my life -- I am stepping down as senator to prepare for the responsibilities I will assume as our nation's next president."

Obama wrote about moving to Illinois two decades ago "as a young man eager to do my part in building a better America."

"On the South Side of Chicago, I worked with families who had lost jobs and lost hope when the local steel plant closed. It wasn't easy, but we slowly rebuilt those neighborhoods one block at a time, and in the process I received the best education I ever had," he wrote.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. What a beautiful and graceful letter that is!

Just like the man...

K&R

:fistbump:

:patriot:

[genna]

2. I'd like to think he is going to rebuild our economy sector by sector

Our transportation, vehicle by green vehicle...trolley by green trolley...bus to green metroliner.

If Obama is as skilled as I hope he is, I hope he brings this community organizing to government.


I hope the undersecretaries for state, treasury, and defense are better prepared than the big bosses who report directly to Obama. Tell me why can't Washington get into the ethers on those people who are going to figure out how to handle specific issues like Wall Street gambling? It is the 3rd and 4th tier political positions who do the actual grunt work that DU will actually LOVE or deplore. Why not talk about that.