Midterms

Planned on voting at the beginning of the day, ended up getting to the polls about 30 minutes before they closed. Some days are like that.

Post election emotions

I am suprised at how much of a roller coaster day it has been: from getting a little teary watching Maya Angelou get choked up about the election, to feeling bad for McCain's bad luck and bad decisions, from feeling inspired by the possibilities of a new direction after listening to Obama's victory speech, to becoming completely horrified and outraged at Nader's comments, and then finally to laughing at South Park's election perspective.

Overall, I was really touched and amazed that so many people were so choked up about the election's result. But I have to wonder...did the historic nature of the election's result just hit people at the end--including the reporters? And was that because no one really believed it would happen? And if so, what does that say in itself?