Hope

CNN just called the election for Obama... sure it was 'inevitable', but I couldn't bring myself to believe in America's capacity to repudiate the politics and the policies that their country has espoused for so long.

I've never been happier to be wrong.

America, you just redeemed yourselves. You'd better give this guy 8 years, because he's going to need it to undo all the damage you inflicted by the way you voted last time.

I feel the same kind of elation and relief I felt when Australia turfed out John Howard last year. But this is bigger. This is more than about us, and more than about America.

Just think, electing Obama must be one of the first times in history where America's actions have been backed by the entire world. That's really something.

I hope to god Obama lives up to the promise he has displayed.

The world just got a little bit better.