Obama must win

Obama with his grandmother Sarah in 2006

I saw Barack Obama's grandmother being interviewed on BBC yesterday. She's 86 and was hoping to attend her grandson's inauguration in January. Sarah Hussein Obama lives a simple life in Kenya and was shucking some corn as she spoke.

What happens in the USA affects the world. During my lifetime, two men who would have been great Presidents did not make it, and we were the losers. In 1968, Robert Kennedy was assassinated and in 2000, Al Gore's election was stolen. I hope we'll be lucky the third time around.

Obama, with his soaring oratory, ability to inspire the young and old, and youthful energy is the only hope left. His grew up in a single family home, ran around on bare feet in Indonesia, and saw how his mother struggled with poverty and poor health. His half-sister, herself an Asian-American whose father was Indonesian, is married to an Asian-American who has roots in Malaysia. Barack Obama is truly a citizen of the world.

I'll be looking for Sarah Obama when watching Obama's inauguration from Hong Kong.