Counting the hours

If the pundits are even close to right, in 36 hours we will know the outcome of the last 20 months of national handwringing, chestbeating, and general brou-ha-ha.

The Rev. Wrights, the Bill Ayers - even Joe the Plumber will fade into oblivion again.

And if in fact Barack Obama is chosen to be the next POTUS, then perhaps even the Governor of Alaska will return to the anonymity she so richly deserves. Her fifteen minutes of fame have lasted far too long.

An Obama presidency will certainly change the face of the United States - and the image that we present to the world.

I, like millions of others, will be watching the returns tomorrow night - with hope that the nightmare of eight years of increasing totalitarianism will finally come to a close.