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Image by Getty Images via DaylifeSo Obama is the president-elect. Funny I don't feel like a socialist this morning, and no one came around to collect all the guns. Oh well, it's early yet.

When California was called and it was officially over the top, I heard fireworks going off in my neighborhood. Presidents are not as powerful as people think, but they are extremely important figures in setting a tone and a general direction. Getting rid of Bush and all that came with him will be like lifting a weight off.

I was watching the News Hours coverage on PBS. Judy Woodruff was covering the event in Chicago. As the outcome became certain, when they cut to her, you could tell she'd been tearing up. After Obama spoke, they didn't go to her, but back the studio pundits instead.

The coverage was of course professional, but at some point it all becomes just stupid. Even the conservatives on the show, like David Brookes, became to openly saying that they were happy Obama had won.

It's really something, not just Obama, but the way Bush and everything he stood for is starting to wash away like a bad dream. Too bad everything had to get to be such a mess before this point finally came.