Note: I wrote this the day after the Presidential election and sent it to Obama via his website. I got a very nice "Thank You for your support" email in return. After revisiting it I don't think I was very far off.

Dear President –Elect Obama,

Congratulations on winning the Presidency of the United States. Democracy is awesome, isn’t it? Of course, I didn’t vote for you. I didn’t vote for you because I believe you ran a campaign based on rhetoric, I didn’t...

I didn’t grow up in Iowa, I didn’t grow up in “Big 10 Country” and I wasn’t born into Hawkeye Nation. I grew up on the West Coast, California, “the land of fruit and nuts”. In California the adage that big cities or cities with Professional Teams don’t care about College sports is very true. I grew up watching the San Francisco Giants and 49ers, and the Sacramento Kings. For me watching College Football consisted of one game a year and we ALWAYS rooted for the Pac 10. I love the look on people’s...