I had never heard of Barack Obama before I saw him as a guest on an episode of Late Night with Conan O’Brien.

During his interview segment, Conan talked to him about the notion that he was perhaps an underdog out of the many potential Democratic candidates preparing to make a run at the presidency.

“When your name is Barack Obama,” he mused. “You’re always the underdog.”

Tuesday, that underdog was elected the next President of the United States – thought I think it has been quite some time since anyone has called him an underdog.

I am not a Democrat or Repulican and I don’t ever plan on being either. I am registered independent, and, before this election, I really had no interest in politics. But living a city like Philadelphia, I soon came to realize that politics were about as unavoidable as traffic.

I started paying attention and understanding the necessity and importance of politics. In the process, I also found the first politician that I could trust and believe in.

His name is Barack Obama, and he’s the new President of the United States.

I wish him all the best.