That's that then

And so it is then at 11pm Eastern Time every US network in the land called the election OBAMA!!

It has to be said its an odd thing. In the UK we have journalists broadcasting from school halls waiting until a returning officer delivers the outcome. Here the networks are king and they watch the votes and then project who will win, sometimes with only 10% counted- which is madness. So at 10:59pm ET here the count stood at 220 for Obama then as soon as the polls closed on the west coast the place went beserk as they all called the West Coast for Obama and that took him over the line and to the White House.

So whilst I don't agree with the electoral process I can't help but be overjoyed at the outcome. Here is a man that the world can proudly stand by and call the leader of the free world. His campaign was one of hope not fear, people voted in hope of things to come, not fear of what had gone. Whilst I understand some at home questioning why we care so much about an election that isn't ours, the point is that we share a bed with America, when they fart we smell it, and we should care about who we share the world with and happily tonight we're sharing it with an America with Barack Obama as president

Yes We Can!

Alan