Barack Obama is poised on the edge of a historic time. By this time Wednesday, we may be over our celebratory hang overs, we will have heard a concession by McCain, and Obama will be on a well deserved several day vacation before he dives into the arduous task of taking over the reins of government.
If all, and I mean ALL goes well, we will have 60 democratic senators to go with this historic president. If all does not go well, we will have less than that. And that is my fear.
While I believe Barack when he says he will work with the republicans, I am not sure they will work with him. If anyone can do it, Barack Obama can bring the country together. Will the most noecon hyper conservatives even try to go along, or will there be a knee jerk reaction to anything put forth by the democratic majority?
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