What a tremendous victory for Barack Obama last night as he was elected the 44th President of the United States of America. Our efforts on his behalf were not in vain.

I have thought often over the last several days how foolish is was of Gov. Palin and Mayor Rudy Giuliani to make fun of President-elect Obama's community organizer background. His ground game is surely what carried the day here in Pennsylvania and in nearby states. My cousin is in Indianapolis and she told me the ground game there was also phenomenal. My son went door-to-door with me from Sat-Tues and the campaign's GOTV operation was as efficient as Patton's army. Supporters' homes were visited three and four times over the long weekend, first with a final check-in ("Are you still supporting Obama for President?"), then with a door hanger reminding them to "Vote OBAMA" on Election Day and finally with a visit on Election Day to see if they had already voted for the Democratic candidate ("Oh, you haven't voted for Obama yet -- we REALLY need your vote. Will you need a ride to the polls?"). NOTHING was left to chance and, as a result, a Democratic candidate finally wins not only the East and West coasts but most of the Midwest, some of the South and even a chunk of the Southwest. It's an amazing thing.

Obama looked really humbled last night, almost burdened. He has a huge task ahead of him but much support behind him.