Congratulations Barack Obama!!

Well Obama did it, he is the first Afro/Euro American president in the history of the United States and I congratulate him on his victory.

Although the popular vote only gave him a six percent victory, he got the right states to back him and had almost a two thirds majority in the Electoral College. (This is a system we need to eliminate and allow the vote of the people to decide who the victor is.)

Because of his background - the fact that he is half black - Obama is going to be held up to higher measure than the forty-three presidents who have come before him. (Let's hope he can do better on intelligence than George W and better on morality than Billy Boy.)

The stock market went down, the president of Russia wants to talk, but is ordering missiles near the Poland border, President Karzai of Afghanistan wants the Americans to spot killing innocent civilians, as does the Pakistani government. Iraq wants the USA out in the near future, but with a lot of guarantees that could be difficult to provide.

President Elect Obama is going to have his hands full and his worst enemy could end up being the members of his own party who have taken over the Congress. How many of them - Pelosi, Reed, Clinton, etc, are going to be willing to play Indian to Obama's chief? Is Hillary going to demand a compromise between her health plan and Obama's before she'll vote for it? Are Pelosi and Reed going to graciously fade into the background and allow Obama to be the shining light of the democratic Party?

What deals will Obama have to cut with his own party - before he even gets around to dealing with the Republicans - to get any of his legislation passed?

The next four years will be interesting and I am certain they will provide a lot of material for me to speak out about.

I hope all goes well for Obama. I hope he is able to pull off his dreams - at as little expense to me as possible.

The majority got their wish, let's hope they are right.

Say prayer tonight for the good of our country.

Its Common Sense!