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.

When I was a kid it was big deal in my house to get the daily newspaper. We had two papers deliverd to our house every day. In the mornings we had the Washington Post. Then in the afternoons we had the Evening Star. Later on a third newspaper opened up shop and called itself the Washington Times. And then later there came along the USA Today. Our area makes a lot of news and there are plenty of newspapers ready to cover that news.