What it All Means

We won't know for some time what the sea change election last night means. But we know that we're on a new path, that much we do know. Barack Obama is our new President, and many new Democrats are in office. We got rid of Elizabeth Dole, John Sununu and many others.

It is difficult for a liberal like me to encapsulate what all of this means. We went from a government controlled--just two years ago--almost completely by conservatives, to one that will be controlled completely by Democrats. It's huge. And we still don't know what it all means. One thing is for sure: it will be interesting.

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What it means

. . .With an undercurrent of relief. I've often lectured folks, when they get despondent, that politics truly is the art of the possible. You can always win, even after you've lost far too many times. Just think of where we were 3 years ago - the Republicans controlled the House, Senate and the White House. Far too many Democrats were wondering if we even recognized our country any more. Some people were talking about getting back-up passports, "just in case." Canada was starting to look awful pretty. And now we control the House, the Senate and the White House, and we actually elected an African-American president of the United States, something I'm not sure I was expecting to see in my lifetime. . .

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