He's a democrat, a minority, young inspiring.  Watching the rest of the world reacting to this election gets me choked up.

But the thing that brings me a feeling of peace is that this election has restored my faith in democracy. 

Several things conspired to lead me to the conclusion that our democracy was under seige.  Obviously, Bush v. Gore was the starting point.  I moved to Florida, so I personally felt my vote might not count.   In 2004, with Bush's unpopularity, the compelling case Michael Moore made against Bush  in Fahrenheit 9/11, the vast discrepanies between the exit polls and the election results lead me to believe that the Bushies may have stolen the presidency from Kerry.

Back in September I started getting this feeling of impendiing doom.  As it became clear that McCain was losing the election, the feeling grew.  My stomach hurt for months.  I felt that we (whoever "we" are) should have done more to ensure that votes were properly counted.   Then I made the mistake of watching Hacking Democracy, and listening RFK, Jr. (though I didn't read the book).

But the good guys won!   Floida wasn't even a factor.  We may not all live happily ever after, but I am believing that we still have a government for, of and by the people.