I choose to take this as a sign

My brother, whom I know has at least one Bush vote to account for, and my daughter and the girlfriend are sitting on the curb in front of the (incredibly cool, I swear) Lincoln museum in Springfield. They're waiting to catch a view and a listen of Obama on a Jumbotron screen because the line to get in front of the Old Capitol was fourteen blocks long. Of course, it was probably mostly backed up because--this just in via text message--security was making people throw away the weapon-like (NOT) buttons they'd just purchased, but still. Way to turn out, Illinois. And way to go, little brother.