I understand your anger and sadness that McCain was not elected. I voted for him, after months of debating everything that both candidates had to offer. Doing research outside of what the media offered and trying hard to stay open minded toward both sides. It was not an easy task and I made my decision with a very heavy heart and conscious.

The election is over now that and we must work together. This country is not in a good place right now and it's citizens have a lot of hardships in front of them. Regardless of who you voted for, we all need to stand up and make things happen in a postive way now. We need to get up, use American drive and ingenuity, and make good things happen for the country. Spitting anger and venom on blogs, and bottling yourself off because you don't like something is a childish act that drags this country down further. If you don't believe in something our government is actually doing, then get out there and try to make a positive difference. Try to inform people, educate them and yourself, while trying to make a change in a positive way. Don't just throw stones from a distance or attack people when they don't see your view on something. You may educate people on some things as well as see some things in ways you never saw before, causing you to understand things in a different or more detailed way. Causing yourself and others to come together in a way that's fair, fitting, and valuable to everyone.

Barack Obama has declared that there is not Red America, or a Blue America, but rather a United States of America. Last night he spoke to the supporters of John McCain, saying, "I need you help", and that "I will be your President too". Now, if you're a conservative, you can choose to be cynical and believe that this is nothing more than political rhetoric- but you'd better hope that it's not, because if it is, then we're all screwed for another four years. You can also be selfish- we can all be selfish, we can all cling to our sense of exclusive identity and go on hating each other until the entire country falls down around our ears. You can laugh at Obama's calls for unity because you're a small-town pro-lifer who thinks that he's godless and arrogant, and continue to hate all the "blue states", and I can respond by continuing to hate the "red states" and thinking of you as nothing more than a fat, lazy ignorant person. We can literally do this until the country dies. And it would be the dumbest, most selfish thing to do ever.

We have issues in this country, and this is the time to focus on them. Barack Obama is not a Muslim (though it wouldn't matter is he was), he is not a terrorist, he is not a communist. I like him because he transcends the Cold War- he's said the things that nobody else has had the courage to say because we like to break things into "Communist" and "Democratic"- a totally false and outdated distinction. Obama believes that government should find where it can do the most good to help its citizens and the world, do what it can there, and back off where it's less effective. In that sense he's very pragmatic- and pragmatism is what we need. We need a realistic solution to Iraq, a realistic solution to the energy crisis, a realistic solution to health care and global warming and a realistic way to improve education across the board. We need to work together to do it. So please, everybody, the Republicans are not Nazis and the Democrats are not communists- it's incredibly obvious if you just take 3 minutes to use your brain instead of just making up hateful things about people who aren't just like you.

Obama is an inspiration to millions and i can say that I am proud that i was one of those millions that helped to elect him.

For people like Day 1 ... stop spewing hate and ignorance... no one expects the country to be perfect immediately... its going to take years to dig us out of the whole that bush made so stop being so short sighted and try to embrace this magical moment of your history!

15% of the population is black, that's, uhh, well short of a majority.
Of those blacks, if any dimwith would check, they will see that the black vote has gone for the democrats in the range of 90% of the time for as long as they have been allowed to vote. Further more, up until yesterday, last I recall, they always elected white presidents, so they have voted for plenty of white people.

But hey, I'm white, what do I know? If I were to believe some of these nut jobs, I would probably know that the black man has always kept me down and infringed upon my right to vote in every election thus far. It's all the black mans fault right? yea, right, I think it's more accurate to say it's just the pathetic white trash blaming anybody and everybody for their own moronic failures. Go put on your hoods and have a party morons, it just so turns out, there are more of us then there are you.

To the intelligent republicans who stand up and accept our new president, I embrace you in return and look forward to working with the rest of the nation in doing what must be done. Not for Obama, but for our children. Let's get ready to ROCK!

But, for hecks sake, you really show your ignorance when you blame Bush for the economy. To set the record straight, it was Clinton and the Democrat controlled congress that started the mess. The only blame on the republicans is that they didnt have the wavos rancheros to step up and tell the american people that they need to earn a living and be resonsible for them selves. They also allowed a hedging law to be repeald that was a major cause of the 1929 collaps. guilt by inaction.

I agree that Obama is the better canidate available, but not the best that was in the running.

That being said, I will support Obama and will do my part, but dont even try taking more of my hard earned income from me and give it away to the people who will not support themselves. I work for a living, and have no respect for those that dont.

To Nathen, My poor, confused boy... This election was NOT about race at all. It was about the disgusting job that was done by Bush. Look at the PATHETIC state of this country. It was about coming together and finally showing the WORLD we want change... our voices have been heard, finall. ALSO... "Look how far blacks have come in the past 80 years"... your joking with this statement, right? I know you can't be THAT ignorant... oh wait, you can't spell "about", so maybe you are?!?!

Congrats to everyone who made this possible! I am finally proud to be an American again.
~Amy, New Hampshire

I was going to post a well thought out, intelligent response in the hopes of helping you realize that your hateful, narrow minded, bigoted rant is not going to do anything to aid in addressing the many issues that are currently facing the good ol' U.S of A, but the truth is, you're not worth the effort.

Instead, I shall merely say.......you're an idiot.

Also, the man's middle name is spelled "Hussein". If you want to use a man's middle name as an insult, you could at least spell it correctly.

Why is he responsible for the stock market. It has been down for weeks and Thanks to BUSH. Seriously, he hasn't even started and you guys are attacking him. Not only did he have to put up with McCain/Palin attack during the election, he has to put up with you uneducated fools....Geez...give him a break. Let him do his JOB!

Your racism is showing. The country is moving beyond that.

Well I guess it was the Republicans who need "Wake Up" There is no future in insulting America's youth, as I was apalled to see Shep Smith do on Fox last night, mimicking them as a bunch of whiners who believe Yes We Can advertisement because their mommies have been telling them they can do anything since they were little – and what's wrong with that?

Republicans do have good ideas, but if they wish to survive, then better stop playing to the right wing extremists and embrace the youth of America as the keepers of our future, and remember it is us in the middle who are truly up for grabs.

Your neighbor who racks up dept til their over their head is not fiscally conservative – this is what both Bush and Reagan did. Are there really ANY fiscal conservatives out there??? Now a Democrat has to clean up the mess again and we are supposed to be afraid of too much spending? Get real.

...and yes I voted for Bush over Gore. And I liked John McCain prior to the campaign. He just turned me off when he started sounding so right wing and condescending.

Thanks CNN for being the only station without bias in my humble opinion.

Congratulations Obama/Biden!!!!

I'll take a page from the conservative handbook.

If you don't support the president, you're not an American. There are planes and ships leaving the country every day, be on one. Or just drive north or south. The majority in America has spoken, if you don't like it, leave.

Well all you haters, bundle up!!!!

Your ideology is rapidly becoming extinct, so shutup and watch as real adults take control of our USA.

Thank you Barack for you civility and dedication. You will make a wonderful world leader.

I offer my help in your efforts.

Dr Farrah Gray's mentor

It seems to me the only sad person around here is you. Time to build a bridge and get over it.

God Bless Mother Earth and all creatures on it!!

not one day...

not one hour...

not one minute...

Not while there is so much at stake !!!!