Well, the election is over and so goes with it all of the hype and fun that surrounded the most historical election in recent memory, not my memory of course I'm only 21 but I'm assuming in the last 100 years. It was a fun ride that provided for ups and downs and many new learning experiences. You may ask yourself, if McCain lost why am I in congratulatory mood?

Well according to Fox News and MSNBC the young voter turnout surpassed 50%. The young vote in this election actually made quite a difference. Although over 60% voted for Obama its still very impressive that the 18-29 crowd took the issues to heart and wanted to make a difference. If any message was gleaned from blog posts it would be that us young voters need to get out the vote and we accomplished out goal. Just walking around my campus of UCSC on November 4th it seemed that every other person was sporting a fashionable Obama shirt.

With that said, I'm still fairly disappointed in the outcome of he election. There are no fancy lawsuits to deal with but we have replaced those with the Russians. President Medvedev of Russia was the last to congratulate Obama on his historical election and even when he did he did not call him by name just, "the new administration". He then went on to blame the US for the world wide credit market failure. He went one step further by saying he is going to build new missile defense systems to combat the United States' new missile systems. I am sorry to say this but IT HAS STARTED...