Last night.  What a strange sight.  A wide mix of emotions and ideas and beliefs.  Obama took the stage with an almost odd lack of jubilation.  He seemed measured, heavy even.  The weight of the world is truly upon his shoulders now.  The celebrations that exploded from D.C. to Paris, Chicago to Kenya mark a moment when the whole world is watching, waiting, with expectations too high to ever be met. 

What now? 

My hope is that come January, President Barack Obama will use the moment the country, and the world, has given him.  To be bold.  It is not the time to be measured and cautious, two qualities he displays often, and which I admire him for.  We face large problems.  We require large solutions. 

He has promised to usher in a new way for government, with more transparency and greater involvement.  Indeed, it has been the pinnacle of his candidacy - "We," rather than "I," "us," rather than "me."  This should be a top priority for his first one-hundred days.  Open up politics as he has opened up his campaign to allow the citizens of this country to push and work for what they believe in.  The wide swath of people who have worked tirelessly for his campaign won't accept any less: they are ready to work; and to push these types of changes 2 years into the future will squander the level of excitement and activism we see at this very moment.  If he can do this, he will have a greater power to push through the next bold moves he needs to take.  Hard to argue with an army of protesters outside the Capitol building, demanding healthcare.