Just wasted a whole bunch of time babysitting the electoral college vote results to see if I'll be winning the office pool tomorrow. But the one reason I watched the main news networks rather than Comedy Central was to see the concession and acceptance speeches. Romney just gave his concession speech, and I must say, that was the most gracious, genuine concession I've ever seen in a presidential election. He thanked his supporters, lent his support to Barrack Obama, and moved on without looking like he had just been punched in his soul. That's a great way to lose.
One commentator said of Obama's win was that, while he had to admit that though things are not as good as he had hoped, and that this has been an imperfect 4yrs, he also succeeded in convincing the people that he is genuinely on their side. That's an interesting perspective that I definitely agree with, and I like the notion that you don't necessarily have to run on accomplishments, because those are always relative to the times and opportunities, but can really run on core values.
And Obama's speech... somewhat of a long winded thesis, but wow did he bring it home in the second half. He laid it all out: What makes us great is our ability to hold together as such a diverse people; the recovery will not be a one man show, but rather we need to take to heart Kennedy's words; we are not as divided as we make ourselves out to be, "not red states and blue states, but the United States"
Also, Chris Matthews and Ed Schultz... not my favorites.
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