It's about Trust.

There is no quality more important in a President than integrity. It's what bridges the gap between words and actions.

We have to trust that what a presidential candidate says they will do is actually what they intend to do. No candidate will be 100% successful in their plan, but we must at least start with someone we can trust and who's plan has a reasonable chance of success.

Barack Obama is the candidate that will bridge the gap between words and actions. Yes, he is a freshman senator, but he has made a lifetime of choices that prove he is a man of integrity...a man we can trust to bring about the changes we need.

In his short time in the Senate, he has built the relationships on both sides of the aisle that will be critical in bringing about the changes that are necessary to put America back on the right track. The proof already exists in his Senate track record.

In two years, Obama has sponsored 152 resolutions and co-sponsored another 427. He has traveled extensively in Europe, Africa and the Middle East as a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He has been heavily involved in immigration reform and border security, and introduced two successful initiatives toward controlling the proliferation of nuclear weapons.

He also has broad support among the people; among men, women, young and old, Democrat, Republican and Independent. Again, a critical measure of the support any president needs in implementing a plan. Barack Obama has it. Others do not.

This is an accomplished, top Harvard graduate and a successful civil rights attorney. A constitutional law professor of ten.....count them 10 years! He has fought the good fights and won. He puts his convictions ahead of wealth, as any good leader should.

He could easily have chosen to be a trial attorney, but he did not. He could have easily been lured into a lifestyle of drugs or alcohol, but he was not. Instead, he set out to defend the very rights that have been systematically taken away from us over the last seven years. What better person to swear an allegiance to defend the constitution?

Barack Obama is the product of two people that believed in the American dream and helped their son achieve it. It's what we all want for our own children, and their children's children.

He is the one, and the only one, that can restore the America for which so many people have fought and died. The America that is respected in the world and admired for our values and our democracy.

This is our chance, and we must not let it pass. Barack Obama is the one that can help us begin to repair what has been damaged...to restore hope through action.

With our vote, we can help make it a reality.