Barack Obama is now President Elect
The numbers while not final, are very telling, even with some states still out. The Electoral College votes are 338 to 156, with a popular vote lead of 3,793,167. (The individual votes for both candidates are still climbing.)
John McCain has given a gracious and moving concession speech, urging his supporters to work across the political divide, as he pledged that he himself would work with President Elect Obama to meet the challenges still facing the United States.
Indeed, there is some feeling here at Democrat Headquarters that the John McCain who spoke tonight, was not the same John McCain that has been campaigning these last months; that now “Big Mac was back” in truth, not the candidate trying to rally a divisive Republican base, but the John McCain who has shown that he can work with those across the political aisle.
We very much hope that the message of unity that President Elect Obama has put forward will become a reality in the days ahead..
