Election time!

Election time!

It was interesting experiencing the US presidential election from Italy - the results were coming in late late at night, and I didnt see the final result until 5:30 AM. Gail and I watched Obama's acceptance speech at 6AM (I had to get her out of the bath.) We were both pleased at the outcome. McCain's concession speech was pretty good, it reminded me of McCain of 2000, when I was hoping he'd win the GOP nomination.

At work, it felt good to be an American for a change. My co-worker sitting next to me, Riccardo, at one point I found humming the star spangled banner quietly to himself. That is astonishing to me. There seems to be a great sense of hope over here in Italy - even though Berlesconi, the current leader of Italy, considers himself "George Bush's best friend"