The work was more than worth it!

So Barack Obama is President-elect.

My spirits lift. I smile at the thought. All the canvassing, and phone banking, and driving people to and from polls was well worth it.

I remember my dejection in 2000 (in the U.K.) and 2004 (in the Flying Scotsman bar in DC with Bala and Jane). Part of my energy and determination to do more was born in those days.

So now, as well as building the nation back up here in America, comes hopefully a rebuilding, or better a re-foundation of healthy alternatives to the elected view.

Maybe best of all is the sense that there might be more talking about politics, more figuring out of what people really think is good policy, more debate, more study, more science, more thinking.

Even though I awoke exhausted I feel energized now, and it's not just the joy of a really good cup of tea.