President-elect Obama.

Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow. I can’t say that I never thought I would see this day. I’m not sure if I ever really entertained the notion at all, but not because I had given the matter any thought. It’s possible that I never entertained the notion because it was so far-fetched. It’s possible that I never entertained the notion because I never dreamed of being president myself…and for me, I don’t think that is a function of not having role models, it’s more likely a function of my personality and pragmatism.

Back to history. There isn’t really anything I can say that hasn’t been said already by others. It was an incredibly emotional evening that put an end to a day of collective anxiety and breath-holding that I’ve certainly never experienced before. Even as the magic number of 270 was reached and passed, we didn’t really believe the results until we saw John McCain emerge to give his concession speech to kick off an evening of amazing speeches. McCain’s speech felt like an honest attempt at moving beyond the election together. I had to wonder where he had been these last few months and how much deeper and productive of a dialog we might have had if this man had been present.