Obama
My three-year old has been yelling “Obama” all day at kindergarten.
So it’s finally over. Enough with the blogging about it now, for a while (and back to my book). But, because it is a historic moment, this last post to mark it.
From us at The Economist, two pieces:
1) Congratulations to the winner, with a warning about the burden of high expectations. And perspective:
This week America can claim more credibly that any other western country to have at last become politically colour-blind…. America will now have a president with half-brothers in Kenya, old schoolmates in Indonesia and a view of the world that seems to be based on respect rather than confrontation.
2) Condolences to the loser, who used to be, and may be again, a man to like and respect, but who became tragic:
