With a majority of the electoral votes in place by 10:30 tonight, Barack Obama was declared winner of the Presidential election.

This must have been a huge surprise to all the smug republicans who thought McCain had a lock on the election. In fact, it was a very close election and I would not be surprised to learn when all the dust settles that McCain might have won the popular vote. But its the electoral vote that counts, so Obama is our next fearless leader.