History was going to be made one way or another this year in the Democratic Primaries. Either the first woman or the first African-American would be the presumptive nominee for the office of President of the United States. This week it came to pass. Sen Barack Obama will be the Democratic Nominee.

I always thought the gender barrier would be broken in the US before the race barrier – and, early in the process, it looked as if it may have gone that way. Whether a victim of bad strategy or a more charismatic opponent, Sen Clinton couldn’t get it done – Barack did.

I would like to think that this signals a significant change in terms of acceptance in the US. We’ll see as the campaign rolls out – and the extremists on both sides start to weigh in – let alone the lunatic fringe.

Surprised to see it this soon… Dave