Last night, we found out that President Obama has been elected to a second term. This reporter has no comment, however, I believe America speaks for itself. Both candidates made speeches to end the night's events; Obama's victory speech was truly stirring and inspiring.
Romney also made quite an impressive and humble concession speech. Both parties seem to be accepting of their new roles in society after one hell of a campaign. It's nice to see both Obama and Romney congratulating each other and thanking one another for their efforts. We will surely look forward to seeing them work together on changes to our country in the next four years.
In voting news, two major and controversial issues were voted upon in some states: the legalization of marijuana and the issue of marriage equality. Colorado, Montana and Massachusetts were some of the states that voted for legalization of medical marijuana in conjunction with a few more states who voted on less restrictions on their preexisting laws for the drug. States that legalized same sex marriage were Maine and Maryland, with Washington bringing up the rear as the final tally is counted. Minnesota also voted for marriage equality, but in a different way. The vote was against an amendment, with a definition of marriage as a union between a man and a woman. This vote was revolutionary for the state and it is the first state to vote against such an amendment. We look forward to seeing these two issues resolved all over the country over the next four years.
As exciting as last night was, refreshing my laptop every 30 seconds, I'm glad it's finally over. We can now all go back to normal and forget about all of the political jargon that filled our televisions, computers and radios for the last six months or so. Now what are we going to write about?
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