A proud moment--my thoughts  A great and wonderful night last
night.  A clear victory.  It's going to be an exciting
transition, and I can't wait for the inauguration speech.
 McCain gave a really classy concession speech.  Can Obama
govern?  I hope he avoids the mistakes that Bill Clinton made in
1993--the dithering, the poorly vetted appointments, focusing on
the wrong issues, the secrecy over the health care plan.
 Getting off to a strong start is important.  This in important
opportunity for Democrats--don't blow it.  The only damper on
this is the passage of Prop. 8.  It's just not there yet for gay
marriage.  It won even in LA County, which was the killer.  The
No side running an awful campaign didn't help.  Downballot was
slightly disappointing, though with Merkley winning Oregon
(whew!) it's going to be a six seat pickup in the Senate,
pending the Minnesota recount.  Twenty seats in House was below
almost everyone's estimate, including the MSM.  I was a less
optimistic in my prediction, since I saw fe