Well... I guess congratulations are in order for President Obama and his fellow Democrat constituents.

Congratulations.

And, as an added bonus I must admit that I was rather impressed with his victory speech. I mean he truly looked humbled and spoke from the center. I honestly thought his speech was going to be arrogant and cocky, but I was pleasantly surprised.

There are a lot of issues I am still very concerned about such as,

(1) A seriously flawed heathcare law that only "Mandates" you buy insurance, however many people will still be left un-insured. I'd feel better about his heathcare law if EVERYONE was insured with at least some basic coverage that covers them in the event of a serious injury or illness.

(2) I dont agree with his stance on gay marriage. While I don't feel gays should be denied their right to a union, I don't feel the traditional man/woman union should be disgraced by allowing two people of the same sex to get the same concessions as traditional unions that promote reproduction. If everyone were gay today, man-kind would be extinct in 120 years from today. It's not fair to overlook the fact that man and woman unions ensure future generations are born and the challenges that traditional man/woman unions face is far greater than that of homosexuals (In most cases a few exceptions aside).

What I DO agree with is,

(1) His ability to keep America from going to war, although the Libya blow-back is somewhat discouraging, only because it felt like a cover-up of the facts. It wasn't a movie that caused our embassy to be attacked, and I would have felt better with him calling it was it was, and promising to hold the people that did it responsible.

(2) His work to end overdraft fee's by forcing banks to deny charges without fee's if an account does not have sufficient funds. I have praised this legislation from day one, and I only hope that similar things come out of the Obama woodwork. I'll give Obama a tip, it's these damn banks that are holding up the economy. They just aren't lending, and even when they did they were ripping us off!

So it will be VERY interesting to me in the next 4 years what Obama does without the fear of "re-election" looming over his head. Will he move to center and use his silver toung to create a legacy of unity and greatness? I sure hope so! But I been let down before. Back when Obama was voted President in 2008 I said things like "Clean slate", "I hope I am wrong" and "Congratulations". My "Dream" is to look back 4 years from now and say "You know, I was wrong about that guy!" and "I am better off today than 8 years ago".

More than ANYTHING, I am so very glad this election is over. It has been an incredable distraction for me. As you can see from this forum I have spent an enormus amount of time following Obama's Administration and more often times than not I don't agree. 

If Obama can live up to his speech he made tonight I think America will be better off 4 years from today. If he can't, well it's going to be a long 4 years!