Editor's Note: Donna Brazile, a Democratic strategist, is chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee's Voting Rights Institute and founder of Brazile & Associates, a political consulting firm. She was the campaign manager for the Al Gore-Joe Lieberman ticket in 2000 and wrote "Cooking with Grease." Donna Brazile says Barack Obama's inauguration is a huge milestone in the fight for equal rights WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Today Barack Obama will be sworn in as the 44th president of the United States of America. This is the day for which so many prayed, so many marched and so many more sacrificed. This is a day of jubilation and celebration.
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Donna Brazile: Obama's inauguration is a time for rejoicing and rededication
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Brazile: Hardly anyone took Obama seriously as a candidate two years ago
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Brazile: He didn't run as an African-American candidate but as a Democrat
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Brazile: We are perhaps ready to achieve what Lincoln and the Rev. King fought for
@placeholder's dream that one day all people will be judged by the content of their character rather than the color of their skin is alive and within reach.