A few hours ago, I went down to read next to the pool and have lunch. At that time, Obama was in the lead with around 190 electoral votes. The BBC was very careful to not call any races too early so their totals were usually different from CNN.com’s totals (really, CNN? Calling Kentucky with 0% of precincts counted? You call yourself a news organization?).
I came back upstairs and the election is decided. Thank You, America, for making your votes mostly a decisive one and thank you Senator McCain for having the wisdom to see that. Mr. President-Elect, you have a big big job in front of you and you need to live up to this nation’s expectations the way that President Clinton did after the 1992 election*. If you are able to do this, the nation wins. If you aren’t able, people like me will say things like “Ecch, it’ll be a long time before America elects a Democrat again” and then…eeesh, we get another Bush 43.
So, Good Luck.
*Not saying that Bill actually lived up to it, just that he had a job to do.
PS – Congrats Mommy!
PPS – WTF is up with neither my home state of IN nor my new home state of North Cheesecake having called their election yet???