barack in houston

here's a link to the new york times vid of obama's speech in houston. listening to it, i wept and my wife got goosebumps. lately, i've been surprised by the number of folks at work -- both coworkers and customers -- who seem to be down with barack. it's a longshot, but shimamoto predicts that not only will barack win the election, but he'll also carry texas.

"hope is not blind optimism" indeed.