Yes we did!!!!

I do admit that I was nervous last night, I thought Virginia would have been called for Obama sooner and that started to send the blood pressure up. There certainly was the dread that there would be some trick, some method of stealing the election, a new Kathrine Harris would emerge. But when when Ohio was called it was done! The election was over. Obama was on track to carry all the states that Kerry had won plus Ohio, so that was the victory. At that point it became a matter of how large. Virginia and Florida were sweet, so very sweet, then waking up this morning to hear that he got Indiana as well just put a little more sugar in the coffee.

It is interesting to see the Republican reaction to his victory. I continue to feel that Republican party has been dominated by a group of venal people who have the attitude of exclusive as opposed to inclusive. Listening to some of them comments of Republicans this morning the undercurrent of bitterness and resentment is palpable. It is my hope that we can start to move away from that sort of politics. I think it is really incumbent on Democrats to lead that part of the movement and reach out to mainstream Republicans and build brides. We all play a roll in this effort. We all have a responsibility now to make this work.