Let's see what happens next. Obama meets with the transitional commitee today.
McCain retreats to his cabin in Arizona (Hilary probably asks to join him), and it looks like he'll finish his senate term (but then what?).
Sarah Palin is told to lay low. She detoured questioning about a possible 2012 run back to her interest and passion to run Alaska, but she didn't say no either. In any case, for better or worse (well at least Tina doesn't have to play her anymore), we haven't seen the last of her.
Joe Lieberman is officially an outcast to any political party.
Perhaps most important of all, we don't have to hear any more about this "Joe the Plumber" bastard!
Meanwhile, most of the country lacks any real sort of healthcare, most of the schools lack any real kind of funding, thr Afghanistan war needs more support while the third world powers vie for nuclear dibs and we're just seeing the tip of the iceberg on how bad this economy is going to get as the result of the past few months' massive financial fallout.
There's no doubt about it, Barack Obama has one of the toughest jobs ahead for any president. I can only hope he can pull another one out of his hat. It's clear his campaign is one of the smartest ever run, let's see if that translates into as smart an administration.