Disbar him, and if he shows up as a lobbyist, send letters to his clients reminding him that he is not now and will never again be allowed to practice law.

Those of us in the legal profession need to police our own.

Also, when my fourteen-year-old son starts chanting "wonka-chicka, wonka-chicka, wonka-chicka," I see a grand new world being born.

From a child's perspective, the event is going to last forever, and at best, will come with a two minute glimpse of the President-elect.

From a parent's perspective, those two minutes and the exhilaration of the crowd will be broken by endless rounds of the things kids do when bored and cold: requests for food, drink, toys, restrooms, and piggy-back rides, fights with siblings, runny noses, tears, untied shoes, lost mittens, complaints, and pleading to go home.

I vote for a party at home in front of the television. They'll see the actual event and so will you, and they'll be paying attention to your emotions and remember for life.

She was saying something like this: "We aren't just asking you to get involved this week. We're asking you to stay involved right through the general election and beyond. When it comes time to pass health care, we're going to need all of you help us push back against the special interests."

The Obamas and the key campaign staff have been preparing to govern all along. Their first steps in the campaign were already about November 5 and January 21, about using the generational change and the social-networking opportunities as levers to get different results out of Washington.

It's going to be real work, vastly harder than the campaign has been. But as I look back across this year, I see both the popular energy and the political leadership to get real results. I look at this year, and I see next year as an opportunity for true and mighty change. Less than we dream right now, but more than I have believed possible in any political year of my adult life time.

Yes, we can.

Someone at Charlie's house thinks he'll flinch.

Not this time.