by Susan
Congratulations to President Elect Obama and his family on winning the Presidential Election Tuesday. I'm so glad the election is over! It was the longest, most grueling campaign in our history and I listened to way too much of it. I wanted to be informed but I think I went overboard reading, watching and listening and became somewhat obsessed with politics.
Obama said one thing in his acceptance speech that I thought was very unifying. He said he knew he didn't have everyone's support but he would be their president too. I'm hoping he will be an excellent president for all of us. I think it will be a long, long time before we see much progress with our economy or any of the other issues. I also think we will continue to hear politics on the media for quite a time and I'm tired of it. However, I will be looking forward to hearing some other world and U.S. news.
If your candidate won, I know you're very happy. If your candidate lost, maybe you will give our new president a chance to win your support. Opening up our hearts and minds to change can be a big risk and cause us anxiety, but it can also be rewarding if the change goes in a good direction for all of us.