'Champions' League

[Sweder]

Sorry mate, when Ohio was called I went to bed, finally able to doze off with the result all but in the bag. I've been e-mailing friends and colleagues at CWD across the pond all night, feeding greedily on the flood of wellbeing coming from every one of them as their incredible evening unfolded.

Well done America. History waits to judge; there's a lot of pudding to be eaten to find the proof behind the rhetoric but there's a buzz of optimism all around the world this morning.

I've been humming two songs to myself all morning.
It's Obama, it's Obama - to Motorhead's It's a Bomber, and ACDC's Back In Black. Not that he's back particularly, but democracy in the West perhaps. 50 years from slavery to presidency - it's an amazing story. The world leans forward eager for the next chapter like an expectant child on Christmas morning.

Watch out for the inevitable backlash . . . white supremacists are thick on the ground over there. They've been relatively quiet up till now but as the reality sinks in I fear their voice will be heard. Those impressive body guards may need to earn their corn.