It’s still sinking in. It’s not every day – or every four years – that you’re in the midst of living history. It thins the air.
It was a fun night here. Last night was our regular online-gaming-with-Chris-and-quesadilla Tuesday night; for most of the early evening, one of us would take the PS3 controller and the other would read off vote counts from their laptop. We spent the evening nailbiting the horseraces in Florida, Indiana, North Carolina, Montana and Missouri.
I really wanted to see Missouri flip, and it’s damned close but it looks like it won’t. But after 2000 and 2004, I’m immensely satisfied that it was Florida that put Obama firmly over the top.
Congratulations, Mr. President Elect. Now go try and get some rest. You earned it.