Or did McCain lose?

It only took
  $600+ million in donations,
  an unprecedented volunteer network (in both size and organization),
  a monumentally stupid VP choice by his competitor,
  several high-level defectors from the opposition party endorsing him,
  a disastrous meltdown of our economy,
  backlash against his opponent's overwhelmingly negative ad campaign,
  near-universal dissatisfaction with the party in power,
 and
  an unpopular (if not illegal) war,
for a black man (and not even a very liberal one) to win by a mere 4%.

Not sure what this says for our country.

The fact that Prop 8 passed in California doesn't inspire one to believe much has changed.

Maybe the euphoria is wearing off?  I am reverting to my normal cynicism already?  I don't know.  I am still immensely proud.   But I am amazed that so many people could have honestly thought that McCain-Palin was the better choice.  Just look at the county-by-county results for midwestern states that Obama carried.  If individual states had their own electoral college-like system to boost the influence of rural counties, how many, if any, would Obama have carried?

But, when people see that Obama's cabinet is NOT made up of Black Panthers and he does NOT nominate Al Sharpton to the Supreme Court, and he is NOT sworn in on a copy of the Qur'an, they might START to learn something about race and tolerance.

Now I can admit, all I did for Obama was donate some money.  And put a sign up, some stickers on my car, and talk him up with my (former) friends and some coworkers.  Thankfully Obama has won, because today and every day forward I would be feeling awfully guilty that I did not do more.  Unfortunately I was not able to volunteer, to make calls, go door-to-door, or whatever else Obama may have needed.  So THANKS to all those who did... you saved my butt.

And, oh yeah, made history, too.