President Barack Obama!

Regardless of how you voted, you can’t deny this has been an historic election. I stayed up to see the results and watch the speeches. I was pretty much glued to my Facebook page where I had a widget of MSNBC’s election map refreshing every two seconds with the called states and reading the different headlines that popped up. And it was there that I first saw the electoral votes jump past 270 in favor of Obama and turned my attention back to the television to wait for the speeches themselves.

McCain was very gracious, though his supporters were somewhat immature and disrespectful, in my opinion. President-elect Obama’s speech literally brought me to tears and made me quite glad again to be part of this country. Something I haven’t felt in a long time. I’ve never been a fan of the constant bickering between the two parties and while bipartisanship is easier said than done, it’s always heartening to know there are those in government who really do strive for it.

I’m also deeply intrigued by the House and Senate races that now gave us a Democratic majority in both. I’m wary, to say the least, but very interested in how this will play out the next four years. I sincerely hope that Obama proves as good as his word and really does bring about the changes needed to get this country back on track.