Watching the election last night, it became clear very early that things were going to go well for Barack Obama.  The only holdout was the Suze.  She refused to believe that it was possible that he would win.  "Remember how we thought Kerry was going to win? Remember how that felt? REMEMBER?!?" she said at least half a dozen times.  Each time a critical new state was called for Obama - Pennyslvania, Ohio, Michigan - Suzi would tell us not to count our chickens before they hatched.  Actually, that's what she said the first couple of times.  By the end of the night, she just stuck her finger out at me and Kevin and cried, "Chickens! CHICKENS!!"

After watching video and seeing pictures of some of the celebrations that took place after Obama's victory last night, I know exactly how she felt.  He's been elected, yes.  But that was the easy part.  Now for the hard part: delivering on all the promise and hope that people have invested in him.  And the only thing more historically significant than our election of the first black president is how historically fucked up our country is at this moment.

The election is only the first part.  Obama and this country have a long way to go.  Chickens! CHICKENS!!