Lessons Learned

First, I want to commend John McCain on a most gracious speech last night conceding the race.  I suspect that this is the man that folks have seen in the past.  I wish we had seen more of him during the presidential campaign.  His angry, disconnected representative was not cool.

Having said that, I hope that the nation (and especially the Republicans) has learned a few things.  Like:

- every vote does indeed count

-this country is diverse. You can't ignore millions of people (consider them on the "fringes") and think that you will get elected

-you cannot ignore the needs of the people.  Pretending that the economy is good doesn't make it so

-even if your team doesn't win, you have to remain part of the process.  Lasting change is internal, not external

The people have spoken.  Now we have to get our asses to work.