| | I am very excited! =) We were in downtown Madison to watch the election results, which was a great vantage points. Very happy, partisan crowd. At one point, I heard a rendition of "America the Beautiful," and upon trying to drive home shortly after midnight, we found ourselves caught in the midst of a spontaneous demonstration of happiness by thousands (yes, thousands!) of people spanning from the campus to the Capitol. It was wonderful.
Only one thing gives me pause. I heard some people translating "Yes We Can" into "Yes We Have." Not yet, folks. We have done something wonderful as a country, something we couldn't have imagined just a generation or two ago. In January we expect another peaceful transition of government, one of the great strengths of this democratic nation. And we should feel hopeful and happy because of these things. But we have by far the toughest challenges ahead of us yet. Let's not get the feeling that we have done our job by voting, and now we can sit back and wait. It is now that we are needed.
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