The Better man won.If i was an American he would have got my vote.I think he is the right person for the job who can and will take America forward.All the best for the future from Scotland!

Agreed. I am thrilled with the election results. I think international support will be strong. Thanks for your comment.

I am some combination of ecstatic and just simply relieved! It went the way the polls suggested it would, and the specter of electoral fraud didn't materialize. Four more years, which is a good thing, because we have serious work to do.

With this Republican loss, I think there are lessons to be learned by looking to the U.K. The Conservative decline began with the end of the Thatcher era. A weak leader in John Major replaced her, and it was during this time that the lunatic fringe of the Conservative Party came to the fore and essentially rendered the Tories unelectable with their assault on the working class, their shrill Euro-skepticism, and an outdated British Empire-centric view of the world.

The Conservatives reached their nadir when Tony Blair was swept into power in 1997 with a huge majority. In fact, the Labor party grip on power was only released after 13 years of the Conservatives wallowing in irrelevance, going through several leadership revolts, desperately clinging to their old ways, and finally tacking towards a more moderate platform. Even then, they only came to power with the help of the Liberal Democrats – an uncomfortable collation if ever there was one, and courtesy of the Labor Party’s own intransigence.

So, I think the main lesson for the Republican Party to once again become electable is that they’re going to have to recognize the shifting demographics and attitudes of this country, and adjust accordingly. As a percentage of the population, the electorate is becoming less white, more Hispanic, and younger. None of these trends favor the Republicans, and it’s worth noting that the trends seem set to continue. For example, whites made up 72% of the electorate last night, and it’s projected to be 70% in 2016. So, if you’re Mitt Romney and 89% of all your votes came from whites as exit polls suggested, you have reason to be concerned.

Last night I think we saw a pretty comprehensive repudiation of middle-aged white guys trying to dictate this country’s social agenda, and I think it’s time for the Republicans to do some deep soul-searching and come up with a platform that focuses on fiscal prudence that most reasonable people can buy into and shed their recent legacy of social intolerance. You could say that’s pure conjecture, but I can only point to the fact that we saw a record number of women elected to the Senate, a number of States favoring same-sex marriage, and Washington State voters legalizing marijuana.

For the health of the country, I think it’s important we have a viable counter-balance to the Democrats power. One need only look to the U.K. to see how the Labor Party took their power for granted, and now they’re once again on the outside, looking in.

"You cannot depend on presidents, elections, voting to solve your problems. People themselves organizing are the only ones that can push the president and Congress into change and that is what we have to do now with Obama." Howard Zinn.

The deterioration of our civil liberties, the Patriot Act, targeting killings of American citizens in the Middle East, police brutality, the never-ending war on terrorism based in greed and profit, our soaring rates of incarceration, an educational system that is more segregated than it was in the 1950s, censorship and detention of the poor and powerless, corrupt corporate financing, FDA regulations on toxic...has all continued under Obama.

I am just another American here piping in to give my perspective but it is a little different. I am relieved, though. I screamed loudly and celebrated! Yet at the same time it is the job of the American people to hold his feet to the fire. The erosion of our civil liberties, the very foundation of our democracy, has increased under his leadership. Ordinary American citizens and journalists are affraid to have this type of dialogue for fear of being imprisoned. Its actually true. Look at Wikileaks as an example of what happens when hard truths are revealed.

I am relieved to have Obama and yet want everyone to stay critical of how his decisions impact the rest of the world. The hard reality is that we are not any safer, there has been no progress in peace, the last four years.

At the same time, he is no magician. Anyone handed the state of this country four years ago was in for it. I sincerely hope he uses every once of power he has to restore this country to its constitutional base, equal protection for all. We cannot sit back now and relax. Now is the time we need to get most active and organized.

I am reminded of what Howard Zinn said after Obama's his first year in office: http://www.democracynow.org/2009/5/13/howard_zinn_i_wish_obama_would Minute 52:04 on is great. Enjoy!