And if THEY'RE happy, I'm happy.
UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown called Tuesday's poll historic and said he and Mr Obama "share many values".
Chinese President Hu Jintao said he looked forward to strengthening dialogue. France's Nicolas Sarkozy said the poll had raised "enormous hope".
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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said he was looking forwards "to an era of renewed partnership and a new multilateralism".
In Kenya - the birthplace of Mr Obama's father - President Mwai Kibaki declared a national holiday on Thursday.
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I have no idea if this will be of interest to this community of science oriented and smart readers, but a group called The Republicans is having a big convention this week.
Here's the basic schedule:
May Day is the day that we traditionally get our military hard
Just the salient points.
McCain does not want to spread the wealth around.
Obama wants to cut the 15 billion dollar subsidy to insurance companies.
Obama wants to invest in higher education.
The party of stupid, a.k.a. Teabaggers a.k.a.
Is it happiness or relief? Is there difference?
Either way, disappointments are inevitable (unless you believe Obama is god), but it has to be way better, so maybe we will not be disappointed (the last 8 years have set a low bar). Great election marred by Bachmann and prop 8.
Great images on HuffPost from around the world that got me all weepy again:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/
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Did he also say that he thought a McCain-Palin administration would be "very interesting?" ;)
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